WWF UK News
Welsh Assembly unites on tough climate pledge
Following a debate in the National Assembly for Wales on 18 November, there was a unanimous vote by all political parties to sign up collectively to Wales reaching a 40% cut in its greenhouse gas ...
Working with RSA on new risks in a changing world
We’ve just announced a three-year partnership with leading international insurance group RSA. The focus of the partnership will be how the world’s changing climate presents new insurance risks. RSA ...
Worry over ivory trade increase
The worldwide illegal ivory trade has been growing steadily since 2004, but in 2009 it jumped dramatically, according to latest figures.The remarkable surge in illicit ivory trading in 2009 was shown ...
‘Climate-vulnerable’ places need immediate help
Countries that are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change are crying out for an ambitious global climate deal in December – and for world leaders to come to the Copenhagen climate ...
New hope for our seas
We’ve been campaigning to achieve it for a decade, and today at last the UK Marine and Coastal Access Act becomes law. For the first time ever, the UK government now has a legal duty to conserve and ...
All eyes on Copenhagen
OK, so we haven’t had a big climate deal breakthrough yet – but with 20-odd days left before Copenhagen, we still believe there will be twists in this story yet… Many people felt last week’s ...
Bid for fantastic gifts in online tve auction
Pioneering environmental film company tve is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. As a charity, financial support is always crucial at tve (we can empathise with that), so to mark their ...
Latest figures confirm biodiversity threat
If proof were needed that our conservation work is more urgent than ever, the newly published 2009 ‘Red List’ of Threatened Species makes the situation very clear.The Red List, from the International ...
Companies ‘could do better’ on palm oil
We’ve just produced a revealing scorecard that shows whether UK and other European retailers and manufacturers are living up to their commitments to buy sustainable palm oil.WWF’s newly published ...