Climate delegates finally agreed: only that they disagree - WWF
Bonn, June 12 - Delegates at the latest United Nations climate talks agreed that they disagree on almost all crucial issues, WWF states after another long round of negotiations about the future of our planet ended, with little progress on the substantial issues.
NGOs write benchmark Copenhagen climate treaty
Bonn, Germany: Climate change experts from leading non-governmental organisations today unveiled their blueprint for a legally binding Copenhagen agreement.
Over half of New Zealand switched off for Earth Hour!
More than half of New Zealand – over 1.5 million adults – showed their commitment to the future of the planet by taking part in WWF’s Earth Hour™ 2009 according to survey results made public today.
Earth Hour’s message of hope
Hundreds of millions of people took part in Earth Hour, but will it actually help to save the planet? WWF-New Zealand Executive Director Chris Howe says yes.
New Zealand Votes Earth
New Zealanders across the country switch off in show of solidarity with the rest of the world
WWF asks Government to come clean on cuts
WWF is urging the Government to make a public commitment to cutting New Zealand’s carbon emissions, and to confirm it will take a strong stance at the UN climate summit later this year, after yesterday’s announcement of a shake-up at the Ministry for the Environment.
Earth Hour momentum pulls in six more New Zealand centres
Forty-two cities, towns and regional bodies across New Zealand have now committed to WWF’s Earth Hour™ 2009, with the additions this week of Northland Regional Council, Marlborough District Council, Geraldine and Woodbury townships, Central Otago District, Queenstown Lakes District Council and Dunedin City Council.
Win a Toyota Prius by signing up to Earth Hour
Committing to WWF’s Earth Hour™ could win one lucky online participant a new Toyota Prius™.
Fixing climate wrongs will be key to protecting human rights
Effective action on climate change – caused mainly by the privileged and impacting more and more devastatingly on the deprived – is becoming central to a just as well as a sustainable world, WWF International Director General James Leape told an emergency human rights congress in London today.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu supports Earth Hour movement
Nobel Peace Prize recipient joins united call for action on climate change
