Zaynab Sadan, WWF’s Global Plastics Policy Lead and Head of Delegation at INC-5.2, said: “The failure of states to find agreement in Geneva is bitterly disappointing. This outcome is neither what ...

GENEVA, Switzerland (15 August 2025) - The INC-5.2 Chair released a revised draft text in the early hours of Friday following a long and suspenseful delay. The day prior, the Chair stunned a packed ...

Geneva, Switzerland (8 August 2025): Civil society organisations at INC-5.2 have come together to demand greater action as talks at an ongoing global plastic pollution summit, known as INC-5.2, teeter ...

The temptation to skip to steps lower in the hierarchy that are easier or cheaper will at best provide a temporary bandaid to these complex global challenges and at worst, cannibalize efforts for ...

BEIJING (February 28, 2015) -- The worldwide population of wild giant pandas increased by 268 over the last decade according to a new survey conducted by the government of China. The increase in ...

Tropical regions face wildlife populations plummeting at a staggering rate Freshwater species populations have suffered an 83% fall The report’s Living Planet Index shows that there is no time to lose ...

Introduction More than 145 million tonnes of sugar (sucrose) is produced per year in about 120 countries; open pan (artisanal) sugar production in Asia probably adds more than ten million tonnes to ...

Wetlands, the most economically valuable and among the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world, are disappearing three times faster than forests with severe consequences for our future unless urgent ...

Alarming new data by the Global Forest Watch shows record-breaking tropical forest loss in 2024. It's time to speed up action to safeguard our forests.

Human livelihoods, and even industrial production, are also dependent on what are known as ecosystem services or the provision of goods and services within an environment, with the biodiversity as its ...

A publication explaining how protected forests are crucial to sustainable drinking water supplies for world's biggest cities. A WWF/World Bank publication explaining the importance of protected ...

A hot June day in the Pantanal, Brazil. It's the dry season. Although this is the world’s largest tropical wetland, the grass is now yellow, and there’s hardly any water to be seen. The few ponds that ...