Nineteen leading companies – including Johnson & Johnson, Nike, Lafarge, Tetra Pak, Nokia, HP, and The Coca-Cola Company – have partnered with WWF, the world’s largest conservation organisation, to announce a new campaign encouraging... Read More

The meeting taking place in L’Aquila from July 8-10 will be a major test of leadership and commitment, and will show whether the wealthy world is willing to take responsibility for a common fight... Read More

Here is a sobering thought to consider as Canada prepares to assume the Presidency of the G8 following this week’s meeting in Italy: Canada has for the first time replaced the United States as... Read More

WWF welcomes the leaders’ initiative but the lack of an agreement on ambitious midterm emissions reduction targets, clear financial commitments and a date for global peak and decline of emissions  could turn the 2... Read More

The two meetings saw positive developments such as a common goal to limit global average temperature increases to two degrees, an absolute minimum to avoid the worst impacts of global warming, but disappointed with... Read More

One expedition is sailing across the top of Russia, a journey of 6000 nautical miles through the Northeast Passage, while another is attempting a west to east transit of the Northwest Passage, also by... Read More

In Canada, transportation (including upstream emissions from mining and refining the fuel) accounts for 32% of greenhouse gas emissions, and these emissions have gone up by 30% since 1990. “Transportation fuels are the largest... Read More

“The Alberta government is telling the world that the tar sands produce the dirtiest oil in the world, but this doesn’t look as bad when you realize everyone else is running out of the... Read More

The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere else on the planet, threatening the survival of the iconic polar bear and entire Arctic communities and ecosystems. By participating in WWF-Canada’s biggest fundraising event, Canadians are... Read More