(GLAND, Switzerland) 9 April 2024 - Today, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in favour of a group of older women from Switzerland - the Klima Seniorinnen - who had brought the case arguing...
This is an open letter sent by WWF to the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action ahead of their next meeting during the World Bank / International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings, taking...
Vanuatu, an idyllic island paradise in the Pacific, is heaven to tourists, but, increasingly, not the same to the residents as the climate crisis ravages island life and livelihoods. The island n...
(GLAND, Switzerland) 20 March 2024 - World leaders will gather in Brussels tomorrow for a Nuclear Energy Summit aimed at identifying a role for nuclear energy in the energy transition, addressing...
Excellencies, The Copenhagen Ministerial has proven to be a key milestone for successful negotiations at the Bonn sessions and COPs. In the spirit of contribution, here are a few reflections on w...
Thirteen of the world’s largest agricultural commodity and trading companies todayshared their progresstowardreducing deforestation associated with palm, beef, and soy production. Although some...
GLAND, Switzerland (28 November 2023) - The Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) has just published additional guidance for its Claims Code of Practice (Claims Code). This will en...
Leaders at the climate COP28 must agree a dramatic course-correction to close the gap between what is being done and what science says must be done. This must include agreement to phase out fossi...
GLAND (Switzerland) 5 October 2023 - A UN report, released yesterday, gave a positive signal of the ambition of countries to keep climate action in line with the 1.5℃ goal in the Paris Agreemen...
GLAND, Switzerland (5 October 2023) - The Green Climate Fund held its second replenishment conference today, with the aim of securing finance for climate action in developing countries. The provi...
GLAND, Switzerland (4 October 2023) – Today, Pope Francis published a new Apostolic ExhortationLaudate Deum, addressing the climate crisis, addressed to ‘all people of goodwill’. Set out in...
(26 October 2022) - Responding to the IEA’s World Energy Outlook 2022 report, published today, Dean Cooper, WWF Global Energy Lead, said:“It is welcome to see that the demand for fossil fuels...
The Call to Action, co-signed by organisations including the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative, the European Environment Bureau, Nature Finance (formerly Finance for Biodiversity), NRDC...
(24 June 2022) - In the face of mounting global crises, the G7 leaders must show bold climate leadership at its meeting starting on Sunday. The G7 is a grouping of countries representing the worl...
(BONN) 16 June 2022 - Stubborn blocking of progress on loss and damage, and financing shortfalls across the board from wealthy countries in the UN climate talks in Bonn, held up climate action de...
Earlier this week, as the annual climate talks wound up in Glasgow, on the other side of the world, recognition was given to leading actors in the environmental movement for their contributions t...
GLASGOW (8 November 2021) - After a week of headline-grabbing announcements, and some advances in the negotiations, there is a glimmer of optimism that some key issues could be agreed this week. ...
(30 October 2021)- As the highly anticipated climate COP26 event opens in Glasgow, UK today, the world is looking to the climate talks to show the implementation of the Paris Agreement can be acc...
(25 October 2021) - UN Climate Change today published the last update to the NDC Synthesis report, capturing the impact of the national climate plans submitted by countries. The update of key fin...
(22 September 2021) - Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday told the UN General Assembly that the country will not build new coal-fired power plants abroad. The announcement is significant as Ch...