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Facts & Figures

  • The US and China are the largest contributors of greenhouse gases.
  • Catastrophic climate change may yet be avoided if global average temperatures rise by less than 2°C above pre-industrial levels.
  • The world has already warmed 0.74°C over the past 100 years.
  • The 10 hottest years on record have occurred since 1990.
  • Arctic sea ice has declined to the lowest levels on record.
  • WWF estimates 2/3 of the world’s polar bear population will be gone by 2050.
WWF Climate Witness People all over the world are witnessing climate change. Read their stories

You, us, everyone needs a new Global Climate Deal!

Increasing greenhouse gas emissions are behind the rapid changes we see in our climate. The results could be catastrophic for people and nature alike.

This is why the global community will meet in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 7-18 December 2009 to agree on a new global climate deal.

It's aim: to protect the future of our planet as we know it.

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What we want

  • Reduce global carbon emissions by 80% by 2050
  • Facilitate the transition to a low-carbon economy
  • Provide emerging economies and other developing countries access to clean technologies
  • Support climate change adaption in developing countries
  • Support WWF's zero net deforestation target
More on what we want...

What we are doing

  •  WWF is helping to build awareness of the impacts and consequences of climate change
     
  • Initiatives such as Climate Witness help people tell their stories and show how this change is affecting our lives already, today.
     
  • WWF is working with large business to help them take real and meaningful steps towards reducing the effects of climate change
     
  • WWF have produced  a Vision for 2050 that clearly shows that the world has more than enough sustainable energy and technology to curb climate change. Download report (PDF)
     
  • WWF has instigated a massive policy drive to gather together the experts, the information, and the arguments needed to attain the outcomes we seek.
     
  • WWF is working with many, many partners around the world to persuade our planet's governments that we have no real alternative other than  agreeing a fair, ambitious and binding new climate deal
     
  • WWF is backing many different initiatives in order to help you have your say in what happens in Copenhagen



"The world has never been more aware of climate change, or the urgent need to slow its advance."

James P. Leape, Director-General, WWF International


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Coming Up

  • 12 December: Avaaz and tcktcktck are looking to unleash a massive global day of climate action. More news on this when we have it.
     
  • 7-18 December: COP 15 and CMP 5 (the climate talks which all of this is about). Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark

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