Encouraging Evidence of Momentum in Negotiations at COP30
With the second week of negotiations now underway at COP30, WWF is encouraged by an announcement by the Brazilian Presidency...
New Tested and Scalable Investment Model Can Unlock Billions in Much-Needed Financing for Nature
The Landscape Finance Approach comes at a critical juncture when the global biodiversity funding gap has reached almost a trillion...
Historic $5 Billion TFFF Launch Is the Gamechanger Nature and Climate Need
WWF congratulates Brazil and partners including Norway, Indonesia, Colombia and endorsing tropical forest countries for their visionary leadership in launching...
Bonn to Belém: Climate Negotiations Are Progressing Too Slowly, WWF Warns
Hopes for a strong foundation for COP30 were dashed when the mid-year negotiations struggled to agree on key points —...
Bonn Climate Talks Are a Critical Test for International Cooperation Ahead of COP30
As delegates convene in Bonn for the UN Climate Change Conference, WWF is calling on negotiators to lay the groundwork...
INC-5: Ambitious Countries Are Failing the Planet
WWF is concerned that with just 36 hours left before the fifth and final negotiations for a global plastic pollution...
COP29: Weak Finance Deal Is a Setback for Climate Action
The COP29 outcome risks setting back climate action at just the moment when accelerating it is most critical. After two...
Some Successes, but COP16 Ends in Disappointment, With Crucial Finance Agreements Delayed
On November 2, 196 countries at the COP16 UN biodiversity conference in Colombia agreed to establish a new global fund...
Major Gaps Remain in New Global Plastics Treaty Text Proposed by INC-5 Chair
A WWF policy brief analysing the third iteration of the “non-paper,” a document that will serve as the basis of negotiations at INC-5, the...
Catastrophic 73% Decline in the Average Size of Wildlife Populations in Just 50 Years Reveals a ‘System in Peril’
Steepest declines in monitored wildlife populations recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean (-95%), Africa (-76%) and Asia–Pacific (-60%). Report...
The Climate Games: Sporting Achievements Overshadowed by Broken Climate Records
During the 2024 Olympic Games, 10 world records and 32 Olympic records were broken. As countries celebrate their victories and...
Law of the Sea Ruling Is an ‘Important Milestone’ for Climate and Ocean Action
WWF strongly supports the new Advisory Opinion published today by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, which for...
