Impacts of Climate Change
01 Oct 2008
Stronger European climate action could have €25 billion health benefit
Health savings of up to 25 billion euros could be achieved every year in Europe if the European Union immediately opted for stronger climate policies, says a new study published by health and environment NGOs. » Read more
18 Sep 2008
Climate, culture, and landscape change on Mt. Everest
Alton Byers is a WWF Climate Witness who has spent many years working in the Himalayas. In this audio slideshow Alton talks about climate change in the Mt. Everest area and some of the solutions needed for local people to adapt.
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31 Jul 2008
Climate change means more floods for a drying Thames basin
A drying Thames river basin in the UK would still face five times the current risk of flooding by 2080, a recent assessment of the effects of climate change has found.
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01 Jul 2008
Japan in jeopardy as climate impacts get worse
Millions of Japanese citizens, a trillion in economic assets and some of the country’s most iconic natural features are all at serious risk from climate change, says a new report by WWF. » Read more
19 May 2008
Environmental protection vital to reducing natural disaster impact: WWF
Bonn, May 20, 2008 – Environmental degradation is a key factor turning extreme weather events into natural disasters, a new WWF report has found.
WWF is urging governments to create suitable protected areas and to maintaining natural ecosystems, such as coastal mangroves, coral reefs, floodplains and forest, that may help buffer against natural hazards. » Read more
14 May 2008
US government says climate change putting polar bears at risk
Climate change is destroying vital polar bear habitat, putting the species at risk of extinction, the US government said today as it listed the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
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17 Mar 2008
Vanishing central African glaciers signal climate danger
Forget the snows of Kilimanjaro – Africa is at risk of losing the central African glaciers that are the highest permanent source of water to the Nile
A WWF and partner organization expedition to the Rwenzori mountains has gathered graphic evidence of declining glaciated areas, with new estimates being that the glaciers will completely disappear in the next 30 years » Read more
29 Feb 2008
WWF and Iditarod winner team up
Martin Buser to be WWF Climate Witness during 2008 race. » Read more
27 Jan 2008
Melting glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau
“If I compare this land to what it used to be in the 1960s, it is difficult for me to recognize it,” recalls Qi Mei Duo Jie, a 71-year-old nomadic herder from Yanshiping in China 's central-western Qinghai Province .
“Glaciers are melting, temperatures are rising and rainy seasons have become unpredictable.”
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12 Nov 2007
IPCC: The summaries fall short of the science
Governments cut vital facts and important information from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Summaries for Policymakers for its First and Second Working Group Reports, says WWF. » Read more
