And the winners are…?
When we first entered the UK Blog Awards last year, we had no idea how people would receive us in terms of how they’d vote. Would we make it through the public vote to reach the finals? How much...
View ArticleClimate change: Speak up for what you love
On Wednesday 17 June, nine thousand people came together in Westminster, and spoke with over 300 MPs asking them to take action on climate change. It was pretty amazing: it is not every day that you...
View ArticleProtecting our common home for the common good
“Make yourself at home” – we might say to a friend who is a guest at our house. Planet Earth is, as the sub-title of the Pope’s new encyclical calls it, the ‘common home’ for humanity. And it’s a home...
View ArticleOur Common Future under Climate Change
Most impressive things at the recent climate science conference in Paris was the breadth of scientific knowledge covered. I met biologists, physicists, climatologists, economists, oceanographers,...
View ArticleChange starts at home: WWF’s Living Planet Centre
This week is World Green Building Week, a chance to showcase sustainable buildings in action. We at WWF have been lucky enough to inhabit our own green building, the Living Planet Centre (LPC), since...
View ArticleKeep warm and save energy: our top tips for the winter
The trees are ablaze with colour, mist hangs in the morning air and the nights are getting longer: autumn is here. As the days and nights get colder, now is the time to check whether your home will...
View ArticleAntarctic Ice Shelves: What lies beneath?
Ice shelves fringe much of the coastline of Antarctica. They are vast slabs of ice which stretch out from the coast, still fixed to the continent but floating on the ocean surface. When approached by...
View ArticlePenguins and Polar Bears at the Living Planet Centre
Here at the Living Planet Centre we have enjoyed getting creative with The Big Draw and the theme ‘Every picture tells a story’. We wanted to create an inspirational and powerful reminder about the...
View ArticleThe impact of climate change on species
To survive, plants, animals and birds confronted with climate change have two options: move or adapt. With the speed of climate change we are experiencing already, it’s often not possible for a...
View ArticleTeas to protect tigers, rhinos and elephants
How have boxes of Pukka tea been helping tigers, elephants and the people who share their wild landscape? Pukka’s support for the Living Himalayas Project has helped us to conserve one of the most...
View ArticleThe Paris climate deal is a ‘major milestone’ to protect our future
The Paris Agreement is an unprecedented milestone – even if it is not perfect. For the first time, almost 200 countries have adopted a landmark deal on climate change action for all. David Nussbaum,...
View ArticleThe EUs Arctic future?
The European Union (EU) is home to more than 500 million people speaking 24 official languages in 28 countries with a GDP of over €17 trillion. Today, its borders to the south and east are blighted by...
View Article15 highlights from 2015 for WWF
Look back over this past year and explore some standout stories from 2015. They really demonstrate how varied our global projects are! Whether it’s Arctic exploring with JacksGap, eco-fashion tips for...
View ArticleTime to set aviation on a flightpath to tackle climate change
Today marks 100 days since French Foreign Minister and COP President Laurent Fabius banged the gavel on the Paris Agreement on climate change, to jubilant cheers from world leaders and observers across...
View Article5 things the next Welsh Government should do for the environment
We’re heading to the polls to elect our Welsh Assembly Members – so what will the next Welsh Government need to do for our planet? Here are some of the things we think are most important… 1. Protect...
View ArticleMars UK: a giant leap towards sustainability
At Mars, as one of the world’s largest food manufacturers, we recognise that we are in a position to positively influence and advocate for policy change. We can do this through leading by example,...
View Article8 Amazon animals of Olympic proportions
Have you seen the BBC Olympic trailer? We have and we love it here at WWF. As the 2016 Olympics is almost upon us, we take a closer look at the animals in the impressively animated trailer, as it...
View ArticleMake your voice heard for the environment
A lot has happened since the UK voted to leave the European Union on 23 June. Prime Ministers have come and gone, Cabinet Ministers have been purged and promoted, and the main party of Opposition is...
View ArticleThe A to Z of Climate Change
Climate change can be a complicated and confusing topic. For many people it seems abstract and irrelevant to their lives, but with so many species, habitats and people being impacted it’s becoming...
View ArticleCould BEIS be the vehicle the low carbon economy has been waiting for?
Climate change took centre stage in the controversy surrounding the formation of Theresa May’s government this July. One day into her premiership, it was announced that DECC would be merged with BIS,...
View ArticleFive Questions for British Wildlife Photography Awards winner George Stoyle
This year’s British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) overall winner, and winner of the WWF sponsored Coast and Marine category, is George Stoyle with his striking image ‘Hitchhikers’ of a lion’s mane...
View ArticleVolunteers needed! Ensure ICAO’s global aviation climate measure works for...
Right now, 191 countries are in the final throes of negotiating a global climate agreement for the aviation sector. It’s happening at the Assembly of the UN International Civil Aviation Organization...
View ArticleTracking the emperors of Antarctica
WWF has teamed up with the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) to track emperor penguins in Antarctica. And now for the first time in 60 years, these iconic birds have received a British-led fieldwork...
View ArticleIcons of the ice (part one)
In April last year, I joined scientists from the Government of Nunavut in the Canadian Arctic who were conducting an innovative population survey of polar bears. Why? Because in order to help conserve...
View ArticleRebuilding Nepal from the classroom up
My passion for the mountains started well before joining WWF-UK. As a kid some of my best memories involving climbing Snowdon and Ben Nevis with my parents, but I always dreamed of bigger peaks. Only...
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