December 2011
18 posts
Female rangers breaking gender barriers →
Sidonie Asseme never succeeded in persuading her father to let her join the military. That was her desire in 2005 when she passed a test to join the Cameroon army. He had wanted his daughter to be a…
WWF support of the Friends of Fish Ministerial... →
WWF International`s Lasse Gustavsson, Executive Director, Conservation, made the following statement in support of the Friends of Fish governments, a group of developed and developing countries…
Insurance sector key to China meeting renewable... →
Beijing, China – A report published today by WWF and RSA states that China may not be able to tap fully into its renewable energy potential due to lack of an insurance system for the sector.
The…
"Our work really starts now..." →
Whilst efforts to reach a global consensus on combating climate change continue, the need for effective action at the regional and national level escalates. Such action can no longer wait for…
Official report confirms massive misuse of EU... →
Brussels, 12 December 2011 - The EU Court of Auditors today published a report damning costly failures to eliminate overfishing in Europe. The report found that the multi-billion euro European…
WWF: Governments fail on ambition, courage at UN... →
Durban, South Africa — After two weeks of sparring and a day-long extension, governments once again failed today to provide the inspiration and ambition to tackle climate change and provide hope for…
WWF: Climate talks helping create a 4° world →
Durban, South Africa: Government leaders are still not seeing the big picture—we are here to address catastrophic climate change, WWF said today ahead of the closing of the climate negotiations in…
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EARTH HOUR: After Hours #1 →
earthhour:
Earth Hour Office – Warsaw, Poland
Earth Hour offices around the world share their work spaces. Different countries, cities and surroundings – a united cause to protect the planet.
“The secret garden in the picture is the garden that belongs to the maison in which WWF Poland has its office. For few warm and non rainy months :) we have our meetings in it and eat lunch there. For...
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Help us stop an environmental catastrophe in...
Studies reveal that the revised Brazilian Forest Code proposal could have negative effects on an area roughly equivalent to Germany, Italy and Austria combined (more background here).
Send a message to the Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff asking her to veto the changes on Brazil’s Forest Law!
http://panda.org/forestlaw
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Xayaburi dam delay pending further studies is a... →
Siem Reap, Cambodia – The ministerial-level meeting of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) has agreed to delay a decision on building the Xayaburi dam in northern Laos pending further studies on the…
WWF warns on looming Amazon deforestation disaster... →
Brasilia, Brazil: Brazil’s Senate has decided to pursue short term gain over long term security in a vote to do away with long standing protections for the Amazon and other key forested areas, WWF…
WWF on Durban climate talks: We could end up... →
WWF Director General, Jim Leape, made the following statements on where the negotiations stand and where countries must move from here:
“We’re not done here. This process is too important given…
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Sam Smith, Leader of the WWF Climate and Energy...
Week 2 of the climate negotiations starts today and the main political issues remain unresolved.
Sam Smith, Leader of the WWF Climate and Energy Initiative, is here to answer your questions - both on COP17 and on WWF’s asks.
Post your questions to this page and we will get back to you in a few days with a video interview.
WWF brings major low carbon technology programme... →
Beijing, China - WWF has announced the China launch of Climate Solver, the organization’s primary programme to strengthen the development and widespread use of technologies that can…
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Global Climate Conference in Durban, South Africa
What does WWF want from the talks? Food, water and energy. For all. Forever. http://wwf.panda.org/cop17PandaNovember 30, 2011 4:22:25 PM ESTLeadership needed for real progress on climate negotiations Video: Tasneem Essop,
leader of WWF international climate team, on the problematic countries for a
2nd period of the Kyoto Protocol.Tasneem Essop_Problem countries.mpgWWFautNovember 29,...
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Check out this interview with Jurgen & Stella...
Launch of the EU Climate Policy Tracker 2011 →
Today WWF and Ecofys launch – EU Climate Policy Tracker 2011 – warning that EU climate and energy policy is failing to put the EU on a course to 2050 decarbonisation.
The EU Climate Policy…