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A record Earth Hour is looming with more countries now signed up for the event than for last year’s globe circling lights out for climate action.

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.

Smaller glaciers in the Himalayas are proving much more vulnerable to climate change impacts than previously thought, with significant implications for the livelihood and freshwater supplies of millions, according to a new report by WWF-India and Birla Institute of Technology (BIT).

HP today announced it has joined the Global Forest & Trade Network in North America (GFTN-NA), a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) initiative linking more than 300 companies globally that share a commitment to responsible forestry.

A New Contest Endorses the Efforts of Individuals and Households to Combat Issues Including Global Warming

Nokia Siemens Networks’ 2008 Corporate Responsibility report, published today, highlights the vast potential for its products and services to support social and economic development as well as tackling climate change. The report also covers the company’s ethical approach to business, including supply chain auditing and self-assessment of Nokia Siemens Networks’ factories.

WWF has welcomed a European Parliament vote today that proposes a 2019 deadline for all new houses, offices and shops built in the European Union to produce the same amount of energy they consume. The deadline will be 2016 for all new public buildings.

Washington DC, US, Nokia Siemens Networks participates in WWF Climate Savers summit in Washington DC to discuss its achievements and targets to reduce carbon dioxide emissions

In demonstration of its commitment to the environment, Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) announced today that it will officially participate in Earth Hour 2009, a global climate event organized by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

Existing information technologies (IT) can produce dramatic reductions in harmful CO2 emissions while fully meeting the demands of today’s corporations, two new WWF reports are demonstrating.

The majority of householders in Scotland will be able to install solar panels and other energy generating equipment without planning permission from now on, although government ministers have yet to decide whether to exempt wind turbines and air-source heat pumps.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.