Innovation is central to successful business. No successful company rests on its laurels - the need to move forward demands new ideas and new approaches, and this is exactly what the Climate Savers companies have demonstrated. The innovations they have

Copenhagen, Denmark - The UN climate talks in Copenhagen were inches away from total failure and ended with an outcome far too weak to tackle dangerous climate change, WWF said today."Copenhagen was at the brink of failure due to poor

Looking at the text that 25 countries have agreed, Kim Carstensen, the leader of WWF Global Climate Initiative said:"They tell us it's over but it's not. The latest Copenhagen Accord draft mainly reproduced what leaders already promised before they arrived

Washington D.C. - Global standards addressing the negative impacts of tilapia farming on the environment and society have been finalized. They are the first set of final standards produced through the Aquaculture Dialogues, a series of roundtables coordinated by WWF.

Copenhagen, Denmark - Leaders arriving to sign a Copenhagen climate agreement and finding that they now need to salvage it need to take a global rather than national approach to the numerous outstanding issues, WWF said today. "It looks like

Plans for new skiing areas in the region around the Carpathian Mountains and the Balkans threaten to harm major protected areas that house some of Europe's last remaining untouched wilderness.New developments and expansion plans for existing facilities for downhill skiing

Copenhagen, Denmark - As talks heat up in Copenhagen, several countries put forward additional fast-start financing proposals to help broker a deal, but the important missing component remains long-term finance. Today, Japanese Environment Minister Sakihito Ozawa announced USD15 billion for

Antananarivo, Madagascar - Malagasy youth have mobilized to draw attention to the effects of climate change in Madagascar in a first-time signature pledge. "When we talked about climate change a few years ago, it still seemed like something abstract, happening

20:00 (CET), 16 December, Copenhagen, Denmark: As the lights were turned back on at the conclusion of the special Earth Hour Hopenhagen, Vijay Nambiar, the Chief of Staff of the Secretary General UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said:"Climate change may be

Copenhagen, Denmark - Little of substance has been decided in the texts now being passed to ministers and soon to go before Heads of State in Copenhagen, WWF warned today."In many ways the final sessions have produced more disagreement rather

Rome, Italy - United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) experts say evidence shows the endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna meets the requirements for an international trade ban.The experts met as a panel last week to discuss trade regulations governing six

Copenhagen, Denmark - Pledges for emissions reductions now on the table from developed nations at the Copenhagen climate change conference could be lost in loopholes being built into an agreement, WWF warned today."It is possible for developed nations to spin

Copenhagen, Denmark - The world's wealthy nations have a long way to go on the key negotiating element of climate change adaptation at Copenhagen, WWF warned today "Climate change adaptation mechanisms and measures and especially finance must be a key

Copenhagen, Denmark - Ministers arriving for the high level segment of the UN climate summit in Copenhagen are being urged to not get distracted from a goal of preserving the world from climate catastrophe.WWF called on ministers to adopt a

Copenhagen, Denmark - Negotiators at the UN climate summit have delivered a framework that can be developed to ensure a fair, ambitious and binding Copenhagen climate deal, WWF said yesterday."It is the job of the ministers now arriving to fill

Legal and efficient use of water and land are among the criteria being applied by some of Europe's leading retailers in sourcing strawberry suppliers from around the beleaguered Doñana National Park in southern Spain, WWF warned today.WWF is hoping that

Climate change is one of the greatest environmental, social and economic threats facing humankind. More than a century of large-scale fossil fuel consumption and deforestation have altered the Earth's climate system as the build-up of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the

Copenhagen, Denmark - Clean energy technology is on track to become the third largest industrial sector globally with a rapidly increasing share taken up by China, predicted a WWF report released at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen today.Clean Economy,

Brussels, Belgium - As the European Council prepares to meet in Brussels tomorrow, WWF is calling on Heads of State to take what will be their final opportunity to push EU targets to the level needed to limit atmospheric warming

Copenhagen, Denmark - In stark contrast to rigorous rules it is promoting for forest based emissions reductions in developing countries, Europe is seeking preferential treatment for its forestry related emissions.The loophole lies in alternative accounting mechanisms which would exempt emissions