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NGO Copenhagen Treaty support documents

Some voices now say that we have run out of time for a comprehensive climate change deal in Copenhagen; that we should only focus on some of the early action and implementation issues and tackle the politically difficult issues later; that a scientifically-based, comprehensive and ratifiable outcome is not feasible at this point in time; or not necessary.

Our response is: we do not need more time, it is not impossible, what we need is the political will to take the hard, ambitious decisions to reach agreement on a comprehensive and legally binding deal in Copenhagen, in December 2009.

Posted on 16 November 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

Communication Solutions for Low Carbon Cities

Helping cities to reduce CO2 with existing low carbon ICT solutions.

Posted on 13 November 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

Frimmersdorf power plant , coal-fired (lignite), run by RWE.Near Grevenbroich in North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany .According to a WWF study, this power plant is the second worst climate polluter in Europe.

Climate Solutions 2009

The world has just five years to initiate a low carbon industrial revolution before runaway climate change becomes almost inevitable. But the good news is that it can be done and that the long term benefits will be immense, according to a new analysis from WWF.

Posted on 19 October 2009 | 6 comments | Read more

Ecofys Carbon Deal report

Sharing the effort under a global carbon budget

In order to avoid dangerous climate change there is a growing consensus among now more than 120 countries that average global temperatures should not increase by more than 2°C over pre-industrial levels. This is a giant leap forward and provides large hope for success of the ongoing negotiations for a post-2012 treaty to be agreed in Copenhagen at the Climate Summit in December this year.

Posted on 07 October 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

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The Greater Mekong & Climate Change Report

The Greater Mekong region is already strongly affected by climate change and a lack of immediate action will come at great cost to the region, states a new WWF report released during the UN climate change talks in Bangkok.

Posted on 02 October 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

WWF points out that the over-exploitation of fossil fuels - such as coal, gas and oil - is putting the whole of humanity under threat from climate change.

40 of world's leading scientists call for 40% emission cut

Today, 40 of the world's leading climate change scientists united in a call to global leaders, demanding greater action on climate change.


Posted on 17 September 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

Warming Arctic's global impacts outstrip predictions

Warming Arctic's global impacts outstrip predictions

Warming in the Arctic could lead to flooding affecting one quarter of the world’s population, substantial increases in greenhouse gas emissions from massive carbon pools, and extreme global weather changes, according to a new WWF report.

Posted on 02 September 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

Xishuangbanna Nature Reserve, Yunnan Province, China.

WWF position on forests and climate change mitigation

Forests have signifcant economic and ecological value as a provider of ecosystem services, being home to much of the world’s biodiversity and supporting the livelihoods of over 1 billion of the world’s poorest people. There  is  an  urgent  need  for  capacity  building  and  early  action  now.

Posted on 01 September 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

Coursing over a distance of 6,380 kilometers, the mighty Yangtze is the longest river in China and the third longest in the world after the Amazon in South America and the Nile in Africa.

Advanced river flow management vital to facing climate challenge

Improved river flow management will be vital to protecting communities from the worst impacts of climate change and to achieving international goals on poverty reduction, according to a new report issued on the eve of World Water Week.

Posted on 16 August 2009 | 1 comments | Read more

El nuevo acuerdo climático - Una guía de bolsillo

The New Climate Deal - A Pocket Guide

The world’s financial and climate crises have a common cause: living beyond our means.

Posted on 27 June 2009 | 9 comments | Read more

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