Campaigns

To achieve a sustainable global population, people need to be empowered, informed and persuaded. Our campaigns are intended to bring about vital changes that make a real difference. Find out more about what we’re doing, and how you can help.

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#8BillionAndCounting

At 9 am (GMT) on 15 November 2022, the human population will reach 8 billion. Biodiversity loss, climate change, pollution, deforestation, water and food shortage - these are all exacerbated by our huge and ever-increasing numbers. Our impact on the environment is a product of our consumption and our numbers.

Email Apple CEO Tim Cook

Please contact Apple CEO Tim Cook and urge him to adopt policies which protect the Earth. Simply fill in your details in the Take Action field and press Next.

We’ve filled in some possible text for your email, but you can edit it as you choose (including the subject line) before sending if you want to. Individualised emails are often more effective than standardised ones, but please do keep the tone polite and respectful. If you are an Apple customer, please say so! (You can read our letter to Mr Cook here.)

We Don't Buy It

At the root of our environmental crisis is the simple reality that we are asking more of our planet than it can provide, and producing more waste and emissions than it can handle. If we’re to fix this crisis and ensure a decent future for ourselves and the natural world, that has to change.

HUMANATURE

Nature is under pressure from humans as never before. Population Matters' new, overarching biodiversity campaign, HUMANATURE, calls for action to slow human population growth and to protect our precious planet and the species we share it with. Read more here and get involved.

Gilead Watch: Protect Women's Rights from pronatal politicians

Population Matters' 2021 report, Welcome to Gilead, examined how policymakers across the world are promoting and implementing policies to increase birth rates that abuse women's reproductive rights. Find the latest developments and news here.

Urgent: Governments must tackle population to save biodiversity

To prevent further biodiversity loss, we must address the impact of our growing human population. In the run-up to the crucial COP15 biodiversity summit in December this year, please call on your country’s environment minister to ensure that positive, choice-based population solutions are included in the new global biodiversity agreement.

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