News & Facts on the Environment

02 Dec 2008
Cement can cut 90% of emissions
The global cement industry can avoid up to 90% of emissions projected according to a new WWF report. A blueprint for a climate friendly cement industry says that the highly energy intensive industry, responsible for 8 per cent of global emissions, has the tools available to reduce its carbon footprint while continuing its forecast growth. » Read more

01 Dec 2008
Essential reading for low-carbon lifestyle
A consumer handbook on how individuals and families can reduce their carbon footprint and monthly outgoings has been published today by WWF. The WWF Pocket Guide to a One Planet Lifestyle contains top tips on how to be more environmentally-friendly in the home, the workplace and when planning a holiday.
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29 Nov 2008
Amazon deforestation trend on the increase
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon forests has flipped from a decreasing to an increasing trend, according to new annual figures released yesterday by the country's space agency INPE.  Brazil's government has meanwhile confirmed that it will be issuing forest related carbon emission reduction targets on Monday. » Read more

28 Oct 2008
Marina Silva: philosophy in practice
Interview with Marina Silva, winner of the 2008 WWF Duke of Edinburgh Medal

Common people, in their majority, envisage philosophers as persons who have lost contact with the real world and live somewhere between heaven and earth, in some kind of ideal realm, far from the ungracefulness of every day life. Maybe they are like that, or at least partly so, since their occupation is to understand and explain the human soul and the meaning of things.
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