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Gartner and WWF Assess Low Carbon and Environmental Leadership Among Global ICT Companies

Gartner and WWF Assess Low Carbon and Environmental Leadership Among Global ICT Companies

   Analysts Highlight Providers’ Score Differences during Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2008, 3-7 November, Cannes, France

Posted : Mon, Nov 10, 2008

Category : Technology / Industry News

The Coca-Cola System Announces New Global Targets For Water Conservation And Climate Protection In Partnership With WWF

The Coca-Cola System Announces New Global Targets For Water Conservation And Climate Protection In Partnership With WWF

   The Coca-Cola Company, in partnership with World Wildlife Fund (WWF), today announced ambitious new targets to improve water efficiency and reduce carbon emissions within its system-wide operations, while promoting sustainable agricultural practices and helping to conserve the world’s most important freshwater basins.

Posted : Fri, Oct 31, 2008

Category : Science / General-Sciences News

WWF Greenprint for presidential candidates

WWF Greenprint for presidential candidates

   WWF-US has released a “Greenprint” agenda, a policy roadmap for the next US president to address global threats to environmental, social and political stability in four key areas.

Posted : Thu, Oct 16, 2008

Category : World-Business / World News

Orange and WWF France introduce an eco-rating system for fixed and mobile phones

Orange and WWF France introduce an eco-rating system for fixed and mobile phones

   Orange and WWF France have opted to evaluate the environmental performance of products in order to reduce their impact on the environment.

Posted : Sat, Oct 04, 2008

Category : Science / Environment News

Multiple Polar Bears Discovered Swimming Many Miles from Alaska Coast

Multiple Polar Bears Discovered Swimming Many Miles from Alaska Coast

   An aerial survey by government scientists in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea this week found at least nine polar bears swimming in open water – with one at least 60 miles from shore – raising concern among wildlife experts about their survival. A World Wildlife Fund (WWF) polar bear expert said the bears could have difficulty making it safely to shore and risk drowning, particularly if a storm arises.

Posted : Sat, Aug 23, 2008

Category : Science / Environment News

Towards a biofuel standard to sort the green from the ungreen

Towards a biofuel standard to sort the green from the ungreen

   A global panel of experts have today lent their support to a draft standard for the use of sustainable biofuels that will inject some rigour into the murky debate about the embracing of biofuels that may cause more emissions than they save.

Posted : Wed, Aug 13, 2008

Category : Science / General-Sciences News

EU countries add to illegal logging trade

EU countries add to illegal logging trade

   Deforestation, a major contributor to climate change, is still rampant globally and European Union countries are guilty of compounding the problem according to a new WWF report.

Posted : Fri, Jul 25, 2008

Category : Science / Environment News

WWF looks to EXPO 2010 to launch World Estuary Alliance

WWF looks to EXPO 2010 to launch World Estuary Alliance

   WWF China will look to raise awareness of climate change and the negative impact it will have on ecosystems when it launches its World Estuary Alliance in two years at the World Expo being held in Shanghai.

Posted : Mon, Jul 21, 2008

Category : Science / Environment News

G8 climate measures fall ‘dangerously short’

G8 climate measures fall ‘dangerously short’

   The target of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 agreed by G8 leaders at their Toyako summit in Japan has been described as “pathetic” and “dangerously short of what is needed” by Kim Carstensen, Director of WWF Global Climate Initiative.

Posted : Wed, Jul 09, 2008

Category : Science / Environment News

HP Offers Solutions Contributing to 1 Billion Tonnes of CO2 Emissions Reductions

HP Offers Solutions Contributing to 1 Billion Tonnes of CO2 Emissions Reductions

   HP published a guide that identifies the potential to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by using existing HP solutions.

Posted : Sat, Jun 21, 2008

Category : Technology / Industry News

Human well-being better in a better protected environment

Human well-being better in a better protected environment

   Well planned and managed protected areas can play a key role in reducing poverty, with the relationship strengthened when well-being is measured as more than just income, according to a new analysis by WWF.

Posted : Mon, May 26, 2008

Category : Science / General-Sciences News

Manage wildlife trade for better development outcomes

Manage wildlife trade for better development outcomes

   Well-managed wildlife trade has the potential to be even more of a key development tool for the world's poor, finds a new report by the wildlife trade monitoring network, TRAFFIC, and WWF.

Posted : Mon, May 26, 2008

Category : Science / General-Sciences News

Turkey hints at "significant" moves on climate change

Turkey hints at "significant" moves on climate change

   Turkey today dropped its strongest hint yet that it will sign up to the Kyoto Protocol on combating climate change, and will join in international efforts aimed at cutting greenhouse gasses.

Posted : Mon, May 26, 2008

Category : Science / Environment News

WWF-Canada: Climate Change Hitting Arctic Faster, Harder

WWF-Canada: Climate Change Hitting Arctic Faster, Harder

   Climate change is having a greater and faster impact on the Arctic than previously thought, according to a new study by the global conservation organization WWF.

Posted : Thu, Apr 24, 2008

Category : Science / Environment News

Exploring greener development for Chinese cities

Exploring greener development for Chinese cities

   In what could show Chinese cities new ways to grow greener, the cities of Shanghai and Boading have teamed up with WWF in a new Low Carbon City Initiative.

Posted : Tue, Feb 19, 2008

Category : Science / Environment News

Coalition against coal fires up in Greece

Coalition against coal fires up in Greece

   Greece and seven municipalities are joining forces to oppose several coal-fired power plant projects, on the grounds they will cause large increases of greenhouse gas emissions and cause local pollution problems.

Posted : Tue, Feb 19, 2008

Category : Science / Health News

Nokia joins WWF Climate Savers with key energy initiatives

Nokia joins WWF Climate Savers with key energy initiatives

   Nokia has joined the WWF Climate Savers program with a pledge to build on its strong environmental record by improving energy efficiency and reducing carbon dioxide emissions across its business.

Posted : Wed, Jan 30, 2008

Category : Science / Environment News

A new national park for Russian tigers

A new national park for Russian tigers

   Endangered northern Amur tigers have received a boost to their protection through the creation of a new national park in Khabarovsk province, located in the Russian Far East.

Posted : Fri, Dec 28, 2007

Category : World-Business / World News

Climate change speeds up Amazon's destruction

Climate change speeds up Amazon's destruction

   A vicious cycle of climate change and deforestation could wipe out or severely damage nearly 60% of the Amazon forest by 2030, says WWF.

Posted : Thu, Dec 06, 2007

Category : Science / Environment News

Protecting old-growth forests in Poland

Protecting old-growth forests in Poland

   Over 100,000 signatures have been forwarded to the Polish government, calling for the protection of Europe's last remaining stands of natural forests.

Posted : Thu, Dec 06, 2007

Category : Science / Environment News
 
 
 
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