Conservation and environmental news & publications: France
03 Jul 2008
G8 nations lagging in climate change race
None of the leading industrialized nations are currently on target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions enough to avoid the threshold level for unacceptable risk of catastrophic climate change, according to new research into national policies and performance.
» Read more
12 Mar 2008
Bloated Mediterranean tuna fleet in race for the last bluefin
Rome, Italy – The most comprehensive analysis yet of the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fleet shows it conservatively having twice the fishing capacity of current quotas and more than three and a half times the catch levels recommended by scientists to avoid stock collapse. » Read more
05 Mar 2008
This time, world should heed OECD call to action on environment
Paris: The OECD’s Environment Outlook to 2030, issued today, was welcomed by WWF as yet another compelling argument that the costs of inaction on the environment will far exceed the costs of action.
The OECD Outlook is the latest - and at 520 pages one of the weightiest - in a run of reports from prominent economic institutions and commissions calling on governments and international institutions to face up to the seriousness and immediacy of global environmental problems. » Read more
04 Mar 2008
A new platform to start changing the world
Forget Facebook, MySpace or You Tube: here comes connect2earth, a new online community where young people can upload videos, pictures and comments about the environment.
On www.connect2earth.org, users and visitors will be able to write, speak, illustrate and video present their concerns on subjects important to them, and share environmental ideas and solutions.
» Read more
13 Feb 2008
HP commits to further GHG emissions reductions in joining WWF Climate Savers
HP, one of the world's largest IT companies, has pledged to reduce the emissions from its own operations and the use of its products to 6 million tonnes below 2005 levels by 2010.
» Read more
28 Jan 2008
Join retailers’ Mediterranean bluefin tuna boycott, urges WWF
As more and more major European retailers boycott Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna, WWF used the occasion of the Barcelona Seafood Summit to call on more to join the ban until the imperilled species is out of the danger zone.
» Read more
28 Jan 2008
Join retailers’ Mediterranean bluefin tuna boycott, urges WWF
Rome, Italy - WWF is calling on retailers to follow the example of several major European supermarket chains and stop selling Mediterranean bluefin tuna until the imperilled species is out of the danger zone. » Read more
19 Nov 2007
EU economies living beyond ecological means
The growing economic strength of the European Union has doubled the ecological pressure on the planet in the past 30 years, according to a new WWF report. » Read more
14 Nov 2007
Conservation network expands throughout Europe
The European Commission has approved the extension of protected sites throughout Europe, a move that will improve conservation efforts to protect the continent's most seriously threatened habitats and species. » Read more
