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Fix the climate, fix the economy
Here at WWF, we’re practically turning into climate optimists. First the IPCC concluded earlier this year that it “doesn’t cost the Earth to save the planet.” Large-scale, rapid action on climate...
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Keeping people (and polar bears) safe as ice shrinks
A fully grown polar bear is not a visitor you’d want to entertain. Adult males can be two-and-half meters long, and weigh more than 700 kilograms. When they’re on land, they’re likely to be hungry,...
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What has the role of business been at the UN Climate Summit?
September 2014 has definitely become a critical milestone in the fight against climate change and the transition towards a low-carbon economy. Over half a million people – including 400,000 in New...
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What climate change looks like for walruses
For people who have problems visualizing climate change, this is what it can look like in the Arctic – 35,000 walruses crowded onto an Alaskan beach, driven there by the loss of their preferred...
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People’s Climate March: inspiration for action on climate
The Climate March launched a positive movement among civil society towards the Paris climate conference in 2015 (COP21) and beyond. New York, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, London, Berlin and Bogota. On...
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People power has spoken. Governments, it’s your turn
Six-hundred thousand people marched in the streets for climate justice. One-hundred and twenty heads of state came together to act on climate change. My 16-year-old daughter inspired me with her...
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Blue LEDs: the Nobel Prize winner that could light the world
When you hear about the annual Nobel Prize in Physics, it is generally quite hard to figure out what invention or discovery the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the prize to....
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The ozone is recovering – can the climate be next?
In 1995, Mario Molina and Frank Sherwood Rowland received the Nobel Prize for the work he did in 1974 which showed that Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) destroy ozone, a fragile shield of gas which protects...
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Will developing countries lead the renewable energy race?
WWF has been actively campaigning worldwide to boost renewable energy (RES) as a key component of sustainable development and climate protection. Our rallying cry has been a call for a world powered...
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Wanted: Suitors with good intentions for the planet
Last month, world leaders stood and applauded a young woman – Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner – from the Marshall Islands who addressed the Climate Summit at the UN. This month, an older “woman” is begging...
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How the IPCC quieted climate sceptics with its new report
The lights have gone down on the stage of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) – currently the latest and most comprehensive climate science report –...
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Time to lead: why the EU needs to step up its climate targets
It takes a lot to act and be smart. But, sometimes, it doesn’t take a lot to be on the other side of that coin. Last week, the European Union (EU) showed us the flip side. The EU became the world’s...
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How the IPCC report sealed the deal for energy security
Energy security is seriously important to human societies – not just for resource sufficiency reasons, but also for economic competitiveness, sovereignty of supply and integrity of energy...
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Green Climate Fund: the glass is half full
With $7.5 billion now committed to the GCF, the Fund is halfway to the goal of $15 billion for its initial resource mobilisation. A final push this week can top it up. It’s been a remarkable few weeks...
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Major Norwegian fund invests more in renewables, less in coal
It is a good day when you see signs of change that bring the world forward in fighting climate change. Today is one of those days. This morning, Norway’s largest life insurance fund announced new...
View ArticleThis is what a year in the life of Earth’s CO2 looks like
We know that carbon dioxide is a major greenhouse gas — but did you know it’s also a world traveller? A new video from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center shows just how CO2 emissions move across the...
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What LEDs in Lima tell us about climate action
I arrived in Lima on Saturday morning for the COP20 UN climate negotiations and went directly to my hotel for a 12-hour WWF preparatory meeting, to get into the spirit of the event. One of the key...
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Norway’s climate change investment review misses the point: climate change
Today a report was released on the coal and oil investments of Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, as a means of addressing climate change. Norway’s fund is the largest of its kind in the world valued at...
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A climate revolution: happening everywhere but the UN climate negotiations
There’s a revolution going on outside the halls of the UN’s COP 20 climate change talks in Lima, Peru. Industry is taking action on climate change. People are taking to the streets. The weather is...
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Climate change in Peru: indigenous impacts and solutions
The climate negotiations currently taking place Lima will have an impact on the future of many Peruvian citizens. Indigenous communities and those living in voluntary isolation are already facing the...
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