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Past articles by WWF:

Principles for a Sustainable Future: How Latin America must rebuild after COVID-19.

COVID-19 has exposed humankind’s weaknesses, vulnerabilities and interdependencies — not least in Latin America, where, at the time of writing in late May, infection rates and mortality are rising… → Read More

To prevent the next pandemic, we must transform our relationship with nature

It has been widely reported that COVID-19 is likely to have originated sometime in late 2019 when an individual in Wuhan, China, was infected by a virus from an animal. Scientists suspect it may have… → Read More

On the road to COP26, the finance sector steps forward

By Margaret Kuhlow, leader of WWF’s Global Finance Practice. → Read More

To deliver real impact, responsible investors must up their game.

Margaret L. Kuhlow, WWF Finance Leader, looks ahead to PRI in Person with a review of the state of responsible investment, and calls for greater focus on impact. Next week, Paris will welcome… → Read More

Setting the stage for a global deal for nature.

It’s time for politicians to lift the issue of nature out of the hands of conservationists, and put it on the tables of decision makers world wide. If you happen to have a powerful position in… → Read More

Only business unusual can save us now. – WWF –

Cristianne Close, WWF Markets Leader, Delfin Ganapin, WWF Governance Leader, and Margaret Kuhlow, WWF Finance Leader, take stock of what the new IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem… → Read More

Corporate action is essential to deliver a new deal for nature and people

This quote best summarises the essence of the discussion at our breakfast meeting at the WEF Annual Meeting at Davos today. We came together with companies, business associations and NGOs to discuss… → Read More

Time to invest in a new deal for nature and people.

Margaret Kulhow, WWF International, Finance Practice Leader. → Read More

Can we halt runaway climate change? Forests hold the key

Climate change continues to dominate the headlines as we start the new year. As world leaders gather in Davos for the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting, we need to remember that the next few… → Read More

Financing a sustainable blue economy. – WWF –

If the ten thousand delegates from more than 150 countries who attended the first high-level conference on the “Sustainable Blue Economy” are any indication, interest in the topic seems to be riding… → Read More

We’d be as mad as hatters not to tackle the mercury poisoning the Amazon.

Almost every civilization has myths about mercury. from talismans to the promise of longevity and good health, humans have always had some connection to this silvery wonder that is the only metal to… → Read More

RSPO: In with the new, out with the old! – WWF –

As members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) prepare to vote on adopting a new global Standard for palm oil, WWF’s Global Palm Oil Lead, Elizabeth Clarke, reflects on the importance of… → Read More

The world’s cities rely on the world’s wetlands. – WWF –

By Martha Rojas Urrego, Secretary General, Ramsar Convention & Stuart Orr, Lead Freshwater Practice, WWF → Read More

Elephants are not the only giants at risk from illegal wildlife trade

Some of the world’s largest freshwater fish are being poached to extinction → Read More

To Curb Climate Change, We Must Focus on Forests, Food and Land By Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, leader of…

To Curb Climate Change, We Must Focus on Forests, Food and Land By Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, leader of WWF’s global climate and energy practice. Scientific studies estimate that we can achieve up to 30%… → Read More

The role of the private sector in fixing the broken food system

Like many of the systems which supply us with products and services and producers with jobs, security and income, the food system is extremely complex. There are many actors across the value chain… → Read More

Driving positive change for forests and people of the Greater Mekong By Thibault Ledecq, Regional…

Driving positive change for forests and people of the Greater Mekong By Thibault Ledecq, Regional Forest Lead, WWF-Greater Mekong I like to say that in the Greater Mekong region, we are at the center… → Read More

Crosscheck needed: Can new supersonic aircraft meet standards to protect our health and climate?

If you’ve taken a commercial flight, you’ve probably heard the pilot or lead flight attendant call out “prepare for crosscheck.” It’s code for “before the plane can take off, arm the doors to allow… → Read More

The importance of collective action – WWF –

The 2018 UN High Level Political Forum to review the Sustainable Development Goals is underway and next week 47 countries will present voluntary national reviews, to demonstrate their progress in… → Read More

Why we need a global deal for nature and people to achieve the SDGs

By Lin Li — Director, global policy and advocacy, WWF International → Read More