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WWF and National Geographic ask: 'How much stuff do you need?'
2013-02-04 16:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Seven billion people inhabit the planet and all require food and water, but less than one percent of the water found on the planet is fresh and accessible and 70 percent of that goes to growing crops. Meanwhile temperatures are rising worldwide due to the overuse of fossil fuel energy. Given these issues, a new series of videos by WWF and National Geographic, entitled Make Choices Count, aims to get people thinking about the environmental impact of commonly used items. The first video (see below)...
WWF and World Bank host international REDD+ forum
2013-01-26 03:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
WWF: Tropical forest experts from around the globe will convene on January 28th and 29th for a technical forum on REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation). The event, Building REDD+ Reference Levels, is being jointly hosted by the World Banks Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) and the global conservation organization WWF. It will focus on developing benchmarks against which many countries will measure success in reducing rates of deforestation and degradation. Participants...
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Canada: WWF puts B.C. cities on short list for efforts in fighting climate change
2013-01-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vancouver Sun: Vancouver, Stockholm and Chicago are on the short list for the World Wildlife Fund's choice of the city doing the most in the world to combat climate change, but the ultimate winner could be Colwood, population 16,000. The small Vancouver Island community was named Thursday as one of the finalists for the World Wildlife Fund's Earth Hour City Challenge for their actions to combat climate change. Colwood joins Vancouver, Surrey and 14 other cities from around the world in the final round of the...
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WWF Arctic conservation expedition gallery
2013-01-17 19:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The trips mission was to examine future management options for areas where sea ice is expected to last the longest. Canon and WWF share the hope that the power of image will shed light on the state of the environment in the rapidly changing Arctic landscape. Thorsten Milse joined the first leg of the expedition in Greenland, which departed from Upernavik and travelled to Qaanaaq. He worked alongside a team of WWF experts and scientists, dedicating his time to documenting Arctic environments,...
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Coca-Cola kickstarts Arctic campaign with WWF donation
2013-01-17 16:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Coca-Cola will give 3 million euros ($4 million) to conservation group WWF over the next three years to help kickstart a campaign to protect the Arctic from the impacts of global warming, the world's biggest soft-drinks maker said. The Europe-wide campaign, which launched on Thursday in London, is aimed at raising awareness and funding to help protect the natural habitat of the polar bear, which is under threat from climate change. Scientists say the Arctic is currently warming twice as fast as...
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