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2022 budget shows commitment to nature in fight against climate change: WWF-Canada

April 7, 2022

Canada’s 2022 federal budget arrives amid deafening calls for urgent and ambitious action to deal with the worsening biodiversity and climate crises. New funding for the protection and restoration of nature sends a clear... Read More

Canada’s 2022 federal budget arrives amid deafening calls for urgent and ambitious action to deal with the worsening biodiversity...
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Bay du Nord approval shows a lack of regard for sensitive marine ecosystems: WWF-Canada

April 6, 2022

WWF-Canada opposes the approval of Equinor’s Bay du Nord Development Project, an offshore oil and gas drilling site positioned in an ecologically sensitive and biologically significant area off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador,... Read More

WWF-Canada opposes the approval of Equinor’s Bay du Nord Development Project, an offshore oil and gas drilling site positioned...
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Canada’s new offshore oil and gas regulations too weak to ensure safety and environmental protection

July 14, 2022

Offshore oil and gas activities in Atlantic Canada are a genuine threat to the ocean ecosystem and exacerbate climate change. If a major spill or a well blowout (an uncontrolled release of crude oil... Read More

Offshore oil and gas activities in Atlantic Canada are a genuine threat to the ocean ecosystem and exacerbate climate...
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The 5 finalists of our Nature x Carbon Tech Challenge head into the field

August 2, 2022

Last summer, the Nature x Carbon Tech Challenge called on academics, entrepreneurs and inventors of all stripes to pitch their most cost-effective, innovative and user-friendly technologies to measure carbon in nature. Why does measuring... Read More

Last summer, the Nature x Carbon Tech Challenge called on academics, entrepreneurs and inventors of all stripes to pitch...
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Urgent action needed following call from IPCC to adapt and build resilience to climate risks

February 28, 2022

WWF-Canada calls on world leaders to deliver on their climate promises and heed the alarm bells raised by today’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which included the starkest warning yet on the... Read More

WWF-Canada calls on world leaders to deliver on their climate promises and heed the alarm bells raised by today’s...
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WWF-Canada debuts new research that pinpoints location of critical carbon stores across Canada

November 10, 2021

Glasgow, Scotland, Nov. 10, 2021 A new study by WWF-Canada, led by researchers at McMaster University’s Remote Sensing Laboratory, reveals, for the first time, how much carbon is stored in Canada’s landscapes, and the... Read More

Glasgow, Scotland, Nov. 10, 2021 A new study by WWF-Canada, led by researchers at McMaster University’s Remote Sensing Laboratory,...
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WWF-Canada launches 10-year plan to Regenerate Canada

September 28, 2021

New survey reveals that two-thirds of Canadians are pessimistic about the future of the planet — but there is still time to change the path we’re on. Regenerate Canada and irREVERSIBLE campaign show the... Read More

New survey reveals that two-thirds of Canadians are pessimistic about the future of the planet — but there is...
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WWF-Canada ready to work with new government to tackle biodiversity loss and climate change

September 21, 2021

WWF-Canada is ready to work with the new government to effectively tackle the dual crises of biodiversity loss and climate change. Read More

WWF-Canada is ready to work with the new government to effectively tackle the dual crises of biodiversity loss and...
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Grand Chief Solomon and Minister Wilkinson sign a MOU to assess the feasibility of a National Marine Conservation area in western James Bay and southwestern Hudson Bay.

First phase of Indigenous-led National Marine Conservation Area a critical step in fight against biodiversity loss and climate change

August 9, 2021

The assessment is another important contribution in meeting Canada’s goal to protect 30 percent of its land and waters by 2030, in a region that will benefit both biodiversity loss and climate change. The... Read More

The assessment is another important contribution in meeting Canada’s goal to protect 30 percent of its land and waters...
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IPCC report makes clear urgent climate action is needed. Nature needs to be a part of that plan, says WWF-Canada.

August 9, 2021

A new global climate science report published today confirms that humans have irreversibly altered the planet and locked in many changes. Altering the path ahead is scientifically still possible if we take urgent and... Read More

A new global climate science report published today confirms that humans have irreversibly altered the planet and locked in...
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Digging into soil carbon: How the ground under our feet can help fight climate change

March 17, 2022

If someone asked where to find most of the carbon in nature, you’d probably think of trees. Yes, it’s true that wood is basically a solidified form of carbon dioxide — and in the... Read More

If someone asked where to find most of the carbon in nature, you’d probably think of trees. Yes, it’s...
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Looking up at western toad tadpoles, Anaxyrus boreas, swimming in a school though masses of water shield plants.

5 things to give you hope in 2022

February 3, 2022

We’re now a month into 2022 and, once again, it hasn’t been the fresh start we all would’ve liked. If you’re feeling pessimistic about the state of things, be it the pandemic or the... Read More

We’re now a month into 2022 and, once again, it hasn’t been the fresh start we all would’ve liked....
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