“The world doesn’t want Copenhagen to come to mean another Doha,” said Kim Carstensen, Leader of WWF’s Global Climate Initiative. He expressed concerns that the floating of trial balloons in the media and diplomatic... Read More

The Catlin Arctic Survey, completed earlier this year, provides the latest ice thickness record, drawn from the only survey capturing surface measurements in the last winter and spring. The data collected by manual drilling... Read More

“Heads of State were united in their message that there is no option but to succeed in Copenhagen,” said James P. Leape, Director General of WWF International. “They have clearly acknowledged that negotiations need... Read More

WWF is urging wealthy and industrialised nations that have contributed the bulk of historical carbon emissions to lead the way in reducing them, while helping poorer countries to deal with the impacts. “Negotiations for... Read More

Numerous Arctic climate feedbacks will make global climate change more severe than indicated by other recent projections, including those of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 2007 assessment. These feedbacks include: severe flooding, affecting... Read More

Negotiators have until the United Nations Conference of Parties to the Climate Change Treaty, which begins Dec 7 in Copenhagen, to lay the groundwork for a new Climate Deal.   But, with only 15... Read More

While German households use 124 litres of water a day directly, individual Germans use 5288 litres of water a day when the water requirements of producing their food, clothes and other consumption items are... Read More

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

In a video-taped address, the Secretary-General said that Earth Hour – which takes place on Saturday 28th March – promises to be “the largest demonstration of public concern about climate change ever attempted.” “Earth... Read More

The Catlin Arctic Survey team sets off to Resolute tomorrow, where it will make final preparations before beginning its gruelling three-month journey. Hadow, Ann Daniels and Martin Hartley will haul sleds weighing up to... Read More

Pathways to a Low Carbon Economy—a new study by McKinsey and Co.—shows that global warming can be kept below the critical 2°C rise and that it is well within our means to do so.... Read More

“If you take reduced ice thickness into account, there is probably less ice overall in the Arctic this year than in any other year since monitoring began,” said Martin Sommerkorn, WWF International Arctic Programme’s... Read More