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Time for countries behind Copenhagen Accord to show they are serious
Sunday’s deadline for countries to lodge targets and details of emission reduction programs under the Copenhagen Accord, is the opportunity for nations that pushed the climate accord to show they are serious about it, WWF said yesterday.
Earth Hour has led to the public recognition of climate change in Bolivia
On February 4th national weekly magazine Reporte Energía recognizes WWF Bolivia as Figure of the Year in the environmental category for “working towards the public recognition of climate change in Bolivia through the campaign Earth Hour…”. The Friends of Nature Foundation (FAN) and water supplying cooperative Saguapac also received an honorable mention in this same category.
Emerging economies commit on serious climate negotiations
New Delhi, India: WWF welcomes the early lead on continuing climate negotiations and the level of commitment shown by the BASIC group of countries to a fair and effective UN-based outcome to climate change this year.
Conservation champion Yolanda Kakabadse starts term as WWF President
Gland, Switzerland - WWF’s new President, Yolanda Kakabadse, says humans and nature have a shared interest in protecting the environment, arguing that politicians should give conservation issues as much attention as an economic crisis.
WWF Climate Business Action Day
COP15, business innovation and the role of the finance sector in solving climate change
Copenhagen Accord: half-baked text and unclear substance
The UN climate talks in Copenhagen were inches away from total failure and ended with an outcome far too weak to tackle dangerous climate change, WWF said today. “Copenhagen was at the brink of failure due to poor leadership combined with an unconvincing level of ambition”, said Kim Carstensen, Leader of WWF’s Global Climate Initiative.
They say it’s over but it’s not
Looking at the text that 25 countries have agreed, Kim Carstensen, the leader of WWF Global Climate Initiative said: “They tell us it’s over but it’s not. The latest Copenhagen Accord draft mainly reproduced what leaders already promised before they arrived here.”
World leaders can still save Copenhagen
Leaders arriving to sign a Copenhagen climate agreement and finding that they now need to salvage it need to take a global rather than national approach to the numerous outstanding issues, WWF said today.
30,000 young Malagasy back strong Copenhagen deal
Malagasy youths have mobilized to draw attention to the effects of climate change in Madagascar in a first-time signature pledge.
Voice of the people crucial in fight against climate change
As the lights were turned back on at the conclusion of the special Earth Hour Hopenhagen, Vijay Nambiar, the Chief of Staff of the Secretary General UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said: “Climate change may be bigger than each of us but it is not bigger than all of us.”
