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Tratado Climático de Copenhague

A Copenhagen Climate Treaty - NGO Proposal

Climate change experts from leading non-governmental organisations have written their blueprint for a legally binding Copenhagen agreement.

Posted on 08 June 2009 | 0 comments | Read more

PowerSwitch in Argentina - WWF energy scenario for the Argentinian power sector

PowerSwitch in Argentina - summary broachure in English and Spanish, and full report in Spanish.

Posted on 23 October 2006 | 0 comments | Read more

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Report: Climate change and insurance – an agenda for action in the US

Climate change poses serious risks to insurers and their customers, according to a new WWF-Allianz report

Posted on 10 October 2006 | 0 comments | Read more

Clean Power In Brazil Means up to $15 billion Cost Savings

Brazil’s power sector could avoid up to US 15 billion in energy investments and create 8 million new jobs, while stabilising its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions that contribute to global warming to 2004 levels by 2020, according to a report released by WWF-Brazil.

Posted on 14 September 2006 | 0 comments | Read more

Peasant farmer sets his plantation alight at the height of the drought and fears for forest fires. Forest fires are increasing, driven by climate change.

Up In Smoke - Latin America and the Caribbean

The threat from climate change to the environment and human development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Working Group on Climate Change and Development

Posted on 29 August 2006 | 0 comments | Read more

The amount of Amazon rainforest under federal protection will triple to 500,000 km2 through the ARPA programme.<BR>

Climate Change Impacts in the Amazon - Review of scientific literature

Climate change and deforestation could convert the majority of the Amazon rainforest into savanna, with massive impacts on the world’s biodiversity and climate.

Posted on 21 March 2006 | 0 comments | Read more

Brochure: Implications of a 2 degrees C rise for Canada's natural resources

Canada’s Atlantic fish will be squeezed into ever smaller patches of cool water, endangered Atlantic salmon will be doomed, and key boreal forest species will be stranded as their natural habitats erode, if the globe’s temperature is allowed to rise too far, says WWF.

Posted on 30 November 2005 | 0 comments | Read more

Report: Implications of a 2°C global temperature rise for Canada’s natural resources

Canada is a land of bounty. It is home to 10% of the world’s forests and freshwater resources; agriculture employs 15 million people and marine fisheries alone brings in an annual income of over CAN$2 billion. For a country where agriculture, forestry and fisheries make significant contributions to the national economy, Canada is especially susceptible to climate change.

Posted on 30 November 2005 | 0 comments | Read more

WWF PowerSwitch! scenarios for a clean energy future

WWF has produced PowerSwitch! scenarios for countries and regions around the world - to prove that a switch from coal to clean is possible.

Posted on 28 November 2005 | 0 comments | Read more

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