Conservation

WWF works to conserve species at risk, protect threatened habitats and address global threats. We find long-term solutions that benefit both people and nature.

Global Warming

Global warming, or climate change, is the biggest environmental threat to live on Earth - including our own. Global warming is wreaking havoc with the natural systems that regulate the earth’s climate. It is melting glaciers and ice caps on every continent, creating heat waves, and dehydrating forests and wetlands. It is affecting the lives of every creature on the planet, including yours.
Electric pylons at sunset, Austria

Global warming’s impact on Canada

Some people may think of global warming as a distant phenomenon that’s happening in other parts of the world. But Canada is warming too – faster than the global rate. Read more...
Canada's tar sands.

Canada’s impact on global warming

Despite our reputation as a country of pristine lakes and forests, Canada is one of the leading sources, per capita, of greenhouse gases which cause global warming. 

The Tar Sands
One of the world’s largest and most carbon-intensive projects is taking place in our own backyard. WWF-Canada’s goal is to reduce demand for oil from Canada’s tar sands and encourage widespread adoption of renewable energy sources. Read more...
A Honda hybrid, integrated motor assist car; lent by Honda to WWF International on June 15, 2000.Gland, Vaud Canton, Switzerland

Solution – Greening Transportation

Producing and using fuel for our transportation sector is the largest, and fastest rising, source of greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. WWF-Canada’s goal is to encourage the widespread adoption of cleaner forms of transportation that are fuelled by renewable energy. Read more...


Solution - The New Global Deal

It was described as the world's most important meeting since the end of the 2nd World War. A meeting where governments tried to agree what has to be done about our rapidly changing climate.  Read more...
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Your impact on global warming

Individually and as part of a large collective, your choices and actions affect the course of climate change.

Find out more about what you can do for a Living Planet.

Cold Facts

  • In the last century, the global average temperature has risen by about 0.7C. By the end of this century, temperatures can be expected to soar by up to 5.8ºC if we don’t reduce emissions of heat-trapping gases.
     
  • Energy production and use accounts for more than 80 per cent of global warming gas emissions. The remainder is primarily from deforestation.
     
  • Producing and using transportation fuels are the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in Canada.
     
  • The Tar Sands are the fastest rising source of greenhouse gas emissions in Canada.
     
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WWF Expert

Keith Stewart, Director, Climate Change Program
Keith Stewart
Director, Climate Change Program
 

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Polar Bear Adoption
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Reality check

Still wondering if global warming is a myth waiting to be confirmed? In 1989, the United Nations asked a group of more than 2,000 climate scientists from around the world to investigate climate change. This group, which forms the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, has confirmed that global warming is, indeed, a real and serious issue that must be addressed immediately.
 

Living Planet Community

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 Join our growing community of concerned Canadians reducing their personal footprint and rallying others to do the same!
 
Funding from Ontario Trillium Foundation supports WWF-Canada's work on reducing greenhouse gases by maximizing the potential contribution from high-efficiency co-generation power projects. Co-generation plants recycle what would otherwise be waste energy into useful heat or electricity.