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Rising to Resilience (application/pdf, 20.3 MB)
November 17, 2020Climate change is amplifying and creating new risks for companies. WWF’s practical guide illustrates steps businesses can take to help maintain profitability and social license to operate in a climate-insecure future.
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WWF position and guidance on voluntary purchases of carbon credits (application/pdf, 327 KB)
March 09, 2020With global attention increasingly focused on meaningful responses to the climate crisis, one of the most asked questions is about the role carbon markets can play in achieving "net-zero" emissions. This document details WWF's position on voluntary carbon markets and provides recommendations for businesses interested in purchasing carbon credits.
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Below The Canopy (application/pdf, 3.35 MB)
August 13, 2019The importance of biodiversity below the forest canopy is often underappreciated, and yet it is a crucial component of healthy functioning forest ecosystems. Below the Canopy: Plotting Global Trends in Forest Wildlife Populations is the first-ever global assessment of forest-dwelling wildlife populations and highlights the multitude of threats forest-living species are facing.
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Wildlife in a Warming World: The Effects of Climate Change on Biodiversity (application/pdf, 2.25 MB)
March 13, 2018Up to half of plant and animal species in the world’s most naturally rich areas, such as the Amazon and the Galapagos, could face local extinction by the turn of the century due to climate change if carbon emissions continue to rise unchecked.
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Natural and Nature-Based Flood Management: A Green Guide (application/pdf, 52.9 MB)
May 24, 2017Natural and Nature-Based Flood Management: A Green Guide introduces an integrated framework for flood management, drawing on policy, green infrastructure and conventional engineering to help communities adapt and better manage growing flood risk.
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Power Forward 3.0: How the largest US companies are capturing business value while addressing climate change (application/pdf, 10.1 MB)
April 25, 2017A new report from WWF, Ceres, Calvert Investments and David Gardiner and Associates finds that 43%, or 215 of the companies in the Fortune 500, have set climate and/or clean energy targets.
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A 5C Arctic in a 2C World: Executive Summary (application/pdf, 277 KB)
September 28, 2016Climate change is already changing the Arctic, and current carbon reduction commitments will not be enough to stop this transformation cold. This executive summary of a July 2016 Columbia Climate Center workshop details why global leaders must focus on helping the region adapt and accelerate a reduction in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
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Forest Degradation in the Core Zone of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve 2015-2016 (application/pdf, 726 KB)
August 23, 2016Extreme weather events are adding a new, ominous threat to the monarch butterflies’ key wintering habitat in Mexico, according to a report by the WWF-Telmex-Telcel Alliance, the National Commission of Natural Protected Areas, and the Institute of Biology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
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Conserving Forests to Combat Climate Change (application/pdf, 10.7 MB)
July 21, 2016The Paris Agreement, signed by nations around the world in December 2015, is a comprehensive approach to combat climate change. The agreement includes a framework—known as REDD+--for reducing deforestation and forest degradation and increasing carbon storage in forests. In this publication, learn about REDD+ so you can take action to implement and support REDD+ initiatives.
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Will Asia Pulp & Paper default on its "zero deforestation" commitment? (application/pdf, 3.65 MB)
April 20, 2016A new study by twelve international and Indonesian NGOs, including WWF, shows that in spite of its high-profile commitment to “zero deforestation”, Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) is building one of the world’s largest pulp mills in the Indonesian province of South Sumatra without a sustainable wood supply.
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Leading from the Middle: How Illinois Communities Unleashed Renewable Energy (application/pdf, 4.66 MB)
March 07, 2014Cities in Illinois have harnessed a little-known local energy model called Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) to switch to clean power and save their ratepayers millions of dollars.
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China’s Future Generation: Assessing the Maximum Potential for Renewable Power Sources in China to 2050 (application/pdf, 2.8 MB)
February 18, 2014The China’s Future Generation report shows how by embracing conservation measures and renewable energy, China can transition to an 80% renewable electric power system by 2050 at far less cost than continuing to rely on coal.
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Power Forward: Why the World's Largest Companies Are Investing in Renewable Energy (application/pdf, 10.1 MB)
January 11, 2013Through two dozen interviews with Fortune and Global 100 executives and analysis of public disclosures, the report finds that clean energy practices are becoming standard procedure for some of the largest and most profitable companies in the world.
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Instructions for City Challenge Candidates (application/pdf, 709 KB)
August 01, 2012Guidance on how to complete the carbon Cities Climate Registry for Earth Hour City Challenge competitors.
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Clean Economy, Living Planet: The Race to the Top of the Global Cleantech Manufacturing (application/pdf, 1.4 MB)
June 01, 2012A global ranking and analysis of how leading countries are driving their cleantech manufacturing industries and creating robust markets for clean technology products.
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cCCR Platform Manual (application/pdf, 1.84 MB)
June 01, 2012Guidance for local government representatives using carbonn and the carbon Cities Climate Registry for the Earth Hour City Challenge.
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Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Planning for Mangrove Systems (application/pdf, 21.1 MB)
April 01, 2012This WWF manual details on-the-ground experience and scientific knowledge to help conservation practitioners, protected area managers and other stakeholders who are responsible for protecting and managing the world's mangrove forests in a changing climate.
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Shifting Course: Adaptation for Water Management Institutions (application/pdf, 2.88 MB)
January 01, 2011This report identifies a set of principles for climate-adaptive institutions and includes five case studies from around the world that highlight different institutional responses to climate change and related challenges.
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The Energy Report (application/pdf, 13.8 MB)
January 01, 2011In The Energy Report, WWF indicates how its vision of a 100 percent renewable and sustainable energy supply could be realized. The Energy Report is the most ambitious, science-based examination yet of a renewable and clean energy future on a global scale. It covers all energy needs and the challenge of providing reliable and safe energy to all.
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Adapting to Climate Change in the Galápagos Islands (application/pdf, 4.21 MB)
January 01, 2011This examines the vulnerability of the Galápagos Islands to climate change and offers recommendations for adapting to impacts.
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Flowing Forward: Freshwater Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change in Water Resources Management and Biodiversity Conservation (application/pdf, 1.03 MB)
August 01, 2010Flowing Forward develops guiding principles, processes, and methodologies for incorporating climate change adaptation for water sector projects, with a particular emphasis on impacts on ecosystems.
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Getting Back in the Game: U.S. Job Growth Potential from Expanding Clean Technology Markets in Developing Countries (application/pdf, 452 KB)
April 01, 2010Putting a price on carbon pollution and investing in clean technology projects in developing countries could create hundreds of thousands of jobs in the U.S. and help America catch up to China and Europe in the clean energy race.
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