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New NPG Paper Sees Present Global Affluence as Brief and Nonrenewable

After Pope Francis delivered a scathing encyclical on June 18, world debate surrounding climate change has become reignited. In response to the renewed public interest in this critical matter, Negative Population Growth (NPG) will release a new Forum paper on July 7 highlighting the links between population growth, natural resource consumption, and the likelihood of rapidly…

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SIX INCONVENIENT TRUTHS

In the film An Inconvenient Truth, ex vice-president Al Gore presents the facts about climate change. It is a bravura performance. He makes use of brilliant presentational techniques to put before us all relevant current knowledge about climate change. He lightens the factual burden with humour, and by including some interesting

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We owe it to future generations…

This ad appeared in USA Today’s Sustainability issue published on April 15, 2024. Please click the photo to view the ad as it appeared in these publications. We Owe It To Future Generations…   As millions of Americans work together to create a “greener” future, the growing crush of adding tens of millions of people to our population each decade …

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Can We Make It with Fewer People?

May 23, 2023 Feldstein Says Yes, and NPG Agrees (Mostly) The Scientific American recently published an opinion piece by Stephanie Feldstein, the population and sustainability director at the Center for Biological Diversity. The article takes a hard look at the crises surrounding humans and points toward solutions to empower everyone in their choice to procreate or abstain. Feldstein takes on …

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We owe it to future generations…

This ad appeared in USA Today’s Sustainability issue published on April 17 2023. Please click the photo to view the ad as it appeared in these publications. We Owe It To Future Generations…   As millions of Americans work together to create a “greener” future, the growing crush of adding tens of millions of people to our population each decade …

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Adversity for Biodiversity: A Reflection on My Experience at COP15

Click here for a downloadable, printable PDF version.  Adversity for Biodiversity: A Reflection on My Experience at COP15 An NPG Forum Paper by Rob Harding April 2023 Abstract: The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework1 adopted in December 2022 by representatives of most of the world’s national governments is inadequate to halt and reverse the disturbing loss of biodiversity globally. Concerted efforts …

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