House drying up funding for weather preparedness (Repost)
This is a repost of an op-ed piece published in the San Francisco Chronicle (11 Aug. 2011). As the price tag for extreme weather increases, the U.S. House of Representatives ignores the problem and is...
View ArticleWhite House Reports on Climate Change Adaptation, as Communities Face Rising...
The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) on Friday (28 October 2011) released a second annual progress report from the government’s...
View ArticleMexico's Low Carbon Development Plans
According to Mexico’s Special Climate Change Program (2009-2012), the measures required to “avoid irreversible risks to society and ecological systems” from climate change“are equivalent to a new...
View ArticleBrazil's Low Carbon Development Plan
Brazil’s National Plan on Climate Change (2008) seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to prepare the country for the impacts of climate change, while achieving Brazil’s development objectives....
View ArticleSouth Africa's Low Carbon Development Plan
The policies outlined in South Africa’s draft National Climate Change Response White Paper (October 2011) embody a “commitment to a fair contribution to stabilising global GHG [greenhouse gas]...
View ArticleScotland's Low Carbon Development Plan
“Climate change will change the world we live in," says the foreword to Climate Change: Consultation on proposals for a Scottish Climate Change Bill (2008). "As a society we are at the cusp choosing...
View ArticleThe UK's Low Carbon Development Plan
The context for the UK’s low-carbon development planning was established by the Climate Change Act 2008, setting a legally binding target to reduce the UK’s emissions by at least 80% from 1990 levels...
View ArticleGermany's Low Carbon Development Plan
“Germany is to become one of the most energy-efficient and greenest economies in the world while enjoying competitive energy prices and a high level of prosperity," says the German government in Energy...
View ArticlePlanning Development in a Carbon Constrained World
A growing number of national governments are developing and implementing plans to sharply reduce their greenhouse gas emissions while preparing for the impacts of climate change. Some already are...
View ArticleU.S. Lacks National Climate Change Preparedness Strategy, Lagging Behind...
WWF’s new brief on Planning Development in a Carbon Constrained World (Dec 2011) shows that leading national governments in both industrialized and developing countries are not only well ahead of the...
View ArticleBrazilian Legislation Threatens to Accelerate Amazon Deforestation;...
Brazil's Senate voted on Wednesday (7 December 2011) to make changes to the country's forest law. If approved by Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, the law would threaten an area larger than the state...
View ArticleU.S. Agency Projects Widening Gap Between U.S. Carbon Emissions from Fossil...
The U.S. Energy Information Administration today (23 January 2011) released its Annual Energy Outlook 2012, with projections of U.S. carbon emissions from fossil fuel use through 2035. EIA projects...
View ArticleStatement on the Re-election of President Obama
WWF congratulates President Obama on his re-election and looks forward to working with him and his administration over the next four years to tackle the greatest threats to our planet, and the people...
View ArticleU.S. Unveils Arctic Strategy while Announcing that Atmospheric Concentrations...
The White House on Friday (10 May 2013) released a National Strategy for the Arctic Region, as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that daily average atmospheric...
View ArticleWWF Climate Blog Has Moved to New Location
The WWF climate blog now is located at a different Web address: worldwildlife.org/blogs/wwf-climate-blog. All posts since May 2013 are at that location, while older posts will remain archived on this...
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