Copenhagen 09

Decision Time. The global community will meet in
Denmark in December to agree on a new global
climate deal aimed at protecting the future of our planet.

You, us, everyone needs a new Global Climate Deal!

Copenhagen 09: Decision Time! Increasing greenhouse gas emissions are behind the rapid changes we see in our climate. The results could be catastrophic for people and nature alike. The world is hotter today, climate change greater, and global greenhouse gases 25% higher than in 1990, due in part to a lack of action by countries like Canada.
This is why the global community will meet in Copenhagen, Denmark in December 2009 to agree on a new global climate deal. Its aim: to protect the future of our planet as we know it.

Thanks to a decade of science and 2 more IPCC reports, we know with greater certainty (and alarm) the dangers we face if we do not act.

We can't afford anymore ad hoc deals: Copenhagen must be based on a rigorous scientific assessment of what needs to be done to prevent climatic disaster.

Coming Up

November 18
WWF Climate Savers & The Economist present
Thriving in The Clean Economy
An exclusive online event. Wed, Nov 18, 2009: 10:30-11:30am PST | 1:30-2:30pm EST | 6:30-7:30pm GMT | 7:30-8:30 CET
Register Now and post your questions and ideas in advance.



November 4-20
Canadian Oil & Ice Tour: Are we giving up ice for oil?
Tell us what you think! Join us for an online discussion featuring authors Andrew Nikiforuk and Ed Struzik, as well as WWF-Canada Arctic and oil sands experts.

December 12
Avaaz and tcktcktck are looking to unleash a massive global day of climate action. More news on this when we have it.

December 7-18
COP 15 and CMP 5 (the climate talks which all of this is about). Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.
© Arieh Singer

What we are doing

  • WWF is helping to build awareness of the impacts and consequences of climate change.
  • Initiatives such as Climate Witness help people tell their stories and show how this change is affecting our lives already, today.
  • WWF is working with large businesses to help them take real and meaningful steps towards reducing the effects of climate change.
  • WWF and other members of the NGO Community have produced a proposal for a Copenhagen Agreement. Download report (PDF).
  • WWF has produced a pocket guide to a New Climate Deal which lays out the problem and the solution. Download guide (PDF).
  • WWF is working with many, many partners around the world to persuade our planet's governments that we have no real alternative other than agreeing to a fair, ambitious and binding new climate deal.
  • WWF is backing many different initiatives in order to help you have your say in what happens in Copenhagen.

Latest Climate News

Panda delivering postcards for the My Future, My Climate Postcard Contest
November 10, 2009

Young Canadians Send Message to Prime Minister on Climate Change

WWF-Canada delivers more than 800 postcards to Parliament
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November 09, 2009

G20 fails to make progress on climate deal

Finance ministers of the world’s dominant economies failed to reach agreement on the financing required for a global agreement to stave off catastrophic climate change, WWF said today as the G20 finance ministers meeting here broke up with no resolution to issues dividing developed and emerging economies.  WWF expressed scepticism about their promise to make further progress before Copenhagen.

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November 06, 2009

Barcelona Climate talks: Saying all the wrong things but still hope to do the right things

An ambitious climate treaty can still be achieved in Copenhagen despite most policy makers’ focus on what they cannot achieve rather than what they can do to prevent the worst consequences of runaway climate change, WWF said at the inconclusive ending of climate negotiations in Barcelona. Read more  
 
Skyscrapers in the downtown business district.
November 05, 2009

Climate friendly policies pay off

Report identifies 'Tops' and 'Flops' amongst 100 climate policies from G20 countries Read more  
 
 


What is Copenhagen? It's a major international climate change conference taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark from December 7-18. The current international climate change agreement, the Kyoto Protocol, expires in 2012 and Copenhagen is where its successor will be created.

 

Canadian Climate Leadership

Canadian Leadership Letter We sent this letter to all MPs outlining our expectations for Canadian leadership.

English
(PDF, 2.47MB)		 French
(PDF, 322KB)
 

Pocket Guide to the New Climate Deal

WWF's Pocket Guide to a New Deal WWF has produced a pocket guide to a New Climate Deal which lays out the problem and solution.

English
(PDF, 1.20MB)		 French
(PDF, 1.32MB)
 

Have Your Say

 

What we want

  • Reduce global carbon emissions by 80% by 2050
  • Facilitate the transition to a low-carbon economy
  • Provide emerging economies and other developing countries access to clean technologies
  • Support climate change adaption in developing countries
  • Support WWF's zero net deforestation target
More on what we want...
 

Understanding Climate Change

 

Facts & Figures

  • Catastrophic climate change may yet be avoided if global average temperatures rise by less than 2°C above pre-industrial levels.
  • The world has already warmed 0.74°C over the past 100 years.
  • The 10 hottest years on record have occurred since 1990.
  • Arctic sea ice has declined to the lowest levels on record.
  • WWF estimates 2/3 of the world’s polar bear population will be gone by 2050.
 

Last Among G8

To date, Canada has not been a leader and is now ranked last among the G8 countries on climate action. This can, and must change. Take a look at the 2009 G8 Scorecards.