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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.
Helping cities to reduce CO2 with existing low carbon ICT solutions.
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.
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.
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.
Today, 40 of the world's leading climate change scientists united in a call to global leaders, demanding greater action on climate change.
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.
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.
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.
The world’s financial and climate crises have a common cause: living beyond our means.