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Stories of climate change & climate action

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People observing climate change and supporting climate solutions

Climate change threatens lives, livelihoods, and lifestyles.

WWF is connecting with individuals and communities around the world.

We are doing this to highlight the impacts of climate change and the work that people are doing to take action. 

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Kenji Ito, WWF Climate Witness from Japan

Climate Witness: Kenji Ito, Japan

Kenji Ito, a nature photographer from the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, has witnessed many environmental changes during his 20-year career.

Posted on 16 April 2007 | 0 comments | Read more

Van Beacham, WWF Climate Witness from Northern New Mexico, USA

Climate Witness: Van Beacham, New Mexico, USA

Van Beacham lives in northern New Mexico and has been fishing since he was 6 years old. He has been a professional fly fishing guide for over 20 years in southern Colorado and south-west Wyoming. Over the years he has witnessed many of the effects that warmer temperatures are having on the river systems and the fish that depend on them.

Posted on 10 April 2007 | 0 comments | Read more

Corey Marchbank, Climate Witness from Canada

Climate Witness: Corey Marchbank, Canada

Corey Marchbank is a goose hunting guide in Prince Edward Island, Canada. In recent years he has noticed a dramatic rise in temperatures, a decrease of winter snow and ice, and how these changes have been affecting the migration patterns of Canadian geese in his region.

Posted on 04 April 2007 | 0 comments | Read more

Adrian Brunner, WWF Climate Witness from Switzerland.

Climate Witness: Adrian Brunner, Switzerland

Adrian Brunner, 30-year-old bicyclist and snowboarder from Switzerland, describes the impacts of climate change on the nature that surrounds him and on the tourism business in the Swiss Alps.

Posted on 25 March 2007 | 0 comments | Read more

Vladilen Ivanovich Kavry, Climate Witness, Russian Federation

Climate Witness: Vladilen Ivanovich Kavry, Russian Federation

Vladilen Ivanovich Kavry lives at the far eastern edge of Russia on the coast of the Chukchi Sea, surrounded by Arctic wildlife such as walrus and polar bears. He talks about climate changes he has observed over the last few years.

Posted on 23 March 2007 | 3 comments | Read more

Jonathan Banks, WWF Climate Witness from Australia

Climate Witness: Jonathan Banks, Australia

Jonathan Banks, 63, from Pialligo, Australia, runs a small organically-certified orchard. Over the past several years he has witnessed the impacts of climatic changes on his farm.

Posted on 26 January 2007 | 0 comments | Read more

Rajabu Mohammed Soselo is WWF's climate witness from Kunduchi, a coastal village near Tanzania’s capital Dar Es Salaam.

Climate Witness: Rajab Mohammed Soselo, Tanzania

Rajabu Mohammed Soselo is 62 years old and lives about 200m from the current shoreline in Kunduchi, a coastal village near Tanzania’s capital Dar Es Salaam. Kunduchi is famous as a tourist destination because of the pristine sandy beaches. As a fisherman, he has witnessed climate change and its impacts.

Posted on 16 November 2006 | 0 comments | Read more

Nelly Damaris Chepkoskei, Climate Witness, Kenya

Climate Witness: Nelly Damaris Chepkoskei, Kenya

Nelly Damaris Chepkoskei is a farmer in Kenya. She grows maize, tea and keeps a few dairy cattle. In addition, she is a volunteer Community Mobilizer working with the Forest Action Network. She talks about impacts of climate change in her region.

Posted on 16 November 2006 | 5 comments | Read more

Captain Juma from Murungaru, Kenya, Climate Witness

Climate Witness: Captain Juma Njunge Macharia, Kenya

Juma Njunge Macharia has lived in a village 100km West of Nairobi for over 40 years. The 81-year-old is married and has nine children. He talks about the changes he has witnessed in the climate and in the vegetation of his area.

Posted on 16 November 2006 | 0 comments | Read more

Hugh and Libby McMicking, Climate Witnesses, Australia.

Climate Witnesses: Hugh and Libby McMicking, Australia

Hugh and Libby McMicking operate a mixed grain and livestock enterprise on ‘Manus’, a property north of Goondiwindi, Queensland. Sixteen years ago Hugh and Libby made the move to no-till farming - a method of conserving and managing moisture. Hugh says now, without no-till techniques it would be nearly impossible to grow crops in the district. 

Posted on 02 May 2006 | 0 comments | Read more

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