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Today, the Nordic Council of Ministers released a new report: Towards Ending Plastic Pollution by 2040 – 15 Global Policy Interventions for Systems Change. In Response, WWF issued the following statement from Erin Simon, Vice President and Head of Plastic Waste and Business: “As we move through the process towards securing...
Thimphu, 16 September 2023 - The presence of 134 snow leopards has been confirmed in Bhutan by the National Snow Leopard Survey 2022-2023, supported by the Bhutan For Life project and WWF-Bhutan. This represents a 39.5% increase from the country’s first survey in 2016, when 96 individuals were counted. Bhutan’s second...
Today, the UNFCCC released the synthesis report of the global stocktake technical dialogue. This latest report provides a high-level summary of key technical findings that illustrate how far off the world is from achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement and provide guidance on what further action is needed to...
Hoy, los gobiernos de Estados Unidos y Perú anunciaron un canje de deuda que permite el acceso a nuevos financiamientos para proteger la Amazonía peruana, la cual cubre el 60% del país. El acuerdo es parte del innovador “canje de deuda por naturaleza” iniciado en la década de 1980 por...
The U.S. and Peruvian governments announced today a debt swap that unlocks new financing to protect the Peruvian Amazon, which covers 60% of the country. The agreement leverages the innovative “debt-for-nature” framework pioneered in the 1980s by the late Tom Lovejoy, World Wildlife Fund’s first chief scientist. WWF issued the...
If it seems like we’ve been talking about lawsuits a lot lately, it’s because we have.Corporate bullies, helped by Donald Trump’s go-to law firm, have filed two massive lawsuits against Greenpeace in the last two years. They aim to silence us, but we are not alone. Many of our allies...
It is that time again. Four years roll by and once more the greatest winter athletes in the world will come together to wow us on death-defying luge runs, courageous ski jumps or surprisingly mesmerising curling slides matches.Unfortunately, all is not well in this winter wonderland.In preparations for these games, many...
James (Jon) Castle - 7 December 1950 to 12 January 2018Over four decades Captain Jon Castle navigated Greenpeace ships by the twin stars of ‘right and wrong’, defending the environment and promoting peace. Greenpeace chronicler, Rex Weyler, recounts a few of the stories that made up an extraordinary life.Captain Jon Castle...
Ever since the first production car rolled off the assembly line more than 100 years ago, our love affair with automobiles has grown and grown. In countries like the UK, France, Italy and Germany there are now around 5 vehicles for every 10 people. In the USA, Australia and New Zealand,...
Most people would be surprised about how many species of cold-water corals and amazing sponges you’d find on the bottom of the Antarctic Ocean. Even as the scientist who has identified three quarters of the registered seafloor communities designated for special protection in the Antarctic, I’ve never seen them myself...