Copy and paste the draft letter below (or create your own), add the subject line, and send to each representative. Don't forget to fill in each ones name and sign your email. Thank you for taking action. Every voice helps!
undesa@un.org Li Junhua, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
rosengrenh@un.org Helen Daun Rosengren, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
schmidk@un.org Karoline Schmid, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Subject Line: Amend 2024 World Population Recommendations!
Dear (Fill in Name)
The UN’s 2024 World Population Prospects recommendations for certain developed countries like China and the United States to increase their fertility rates is a dangerous and irresponsible proposal.
Every scientific metric shows continued degradation of our planets’ ecosystems due to ecological overshoot caused by too many people consuming too many resources and polluting too much waste. Additionally, peer-reviewed economic studies of actual data of countries experiencing declining populations demonstrate that practically every country enjoyed reduced unemployment, increased wages, and a larger real GDP per capita, which disproves the established demographic notion and the UN recommendation that continued growth of population is vital to economic prosperity. Fewer people consuming resources and generating less waste is also good for the planet. Sustainable population levels are fundamentally crucial if the UN ever hopes to achieve its Sustainable Development goals.
It is possible to achieve a sustainable future,including greater human and natural health, economic prosperity and a reduction in human population. But it requires the UN to be bold enough to acknowledge the facts, revise its recommendations, and promote the documented economic and ecological successes that can come from declining fertility and population growth.
Sincerely
