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WWF International

Avenue du Mont-Blanc1196 GlandSwitzerland

Tel: +41 22 364 9111Fax: +44 22 364 3239

Author and Editor: Martin HillerDesign: Wassmer Graphic Design NyonPrinted by: Sadag SA, Bellegarde, FrancePaper quality: Antarctic mat, FSC, 250gm2

Published November 2005 by WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature (formerly World Wildlife Fund), Gland, Switzerland.

Any reproduction in full or in part of this publication must mention the title and credit the above-mentioned publisher as the copyright owner.

© text (2005) WWF. All rights reserved.

The material and the geographical designations in this report do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of WWF concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or concerning the delimination of its frontiers or boundaries.

WWF THANKS THE FOLLOWING

PHOTOGRAPHERS:

Cover: Gettyimages/Max Zerrahm

WWF-Canon:Outside: Michèle Depraz, Alain Compost, Yifei Zhang, Adam Oswell (2), WWF Germany.Inside: Jürgen Freund (2), Yifei Zhang, Andrew Kerr, Claire Doole, Gustavo Ybarra, Neyret & Benastar, Francis Areki, Anton Vorauer.

Barometer: Gettyimages/Steve Allen

Climate change is happening. Scientists agree that

the main cause is how we produce and use energy – by

burning coal, oil and natural gas.

Even if we stopped climate change right now, we

would still have to cope with its impacts. People are threat-

ened by drought, changes in rainfall, altered seasons, and

more and more violent storms and fl oods. As habitats

change, many wild animals and plants could be pushed

over the edge towards extinction.

The good news is that we can slow climate change

before it becomes too dangerous to manage. We need

to switch to clean and effi cient energy in electricity pro-

duction, transport, and heating and cooling.

The tools for keeping climate change under control

are available and affordable today: a clean energy

revolution will stimulate our economies and keep our

climate stable. And resistance and resilience strategies

to unavoidable impacts can be built into development

planning and policies.

We can limit the damage from climate change if we act now.

We can slow climate change before it becomes

too dangerous

Climate change and global warming are made by people.

We all can work together to limit the damage.

How WWF helps curb global warming

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Contacts in the Climate Change Programme:

Jennifer Morgan, Directormorgan@wwf.de

Anna Reynolds, Deputy Director areynolds@wwf.org.au

Martin Hiller, Communications Manager mhiller@wwfi nt.org

Lara Hansen, Chief Climate Change Scientist lara.hansen@wwfus.org

Imogen Zethoven, PowerSwitch! Campaign Leaderzethoven@wwf.de

Stephan Singer, EU Climate and Energy Programmessinger@wwfepo.org

Liam Salter, Asia Pacifi c Climate and Energy Programmelsalter@wwf.org.ph

Giulio Volpi, Latin America Climate and Energy Programme giulio@wwf.org.br

Hans Verolme, US Climate Change Programme hans.verolme@wwfus.org

Source: IEA 2004

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If global average temperature were to rise 2°C above

pre-industrial levels, many ecosystems would be seriously

damaged and might go extinct. Human populations around

the world could lose their homes and cultures.

Staying below this temperature threshold requires

deep cuts in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, transforming

the way we supply and use energy and raw materials.

Global CO2 emissions must peak as early as 2015

and decline rapidly thereafter. Industrialized countries

must take the lead in reducing their emissions and driv-

ing clean technology development. Developing countries

can meet their development goals while curbing their CO2

emissions, by developing effi cient and less carbon-intensive

energy sources.

WWF works with governments and businesses to

switch to a clean energy path. And WWF helps local com-

munities and conservation groups to build resistance and

resilience to the impacts that are already unavoidable

WWF strives to protect people and nature from climate change

WWF’s Climate Change Programme

Legislation sets the pace for a paradigm

shift to clean energy. Deep binding

absolute caps remain the main policy

tool for reducing emissions in indus-

trialized countries. The economically

stronger developing countries need to

begin rapid de-carbonization strategies,

with fi nancial support from the more

developed nations. The most polluting

industry sectors need to be the focus

of attention.

China is experiencing the biggest growth of energy use and therefore has a pivotal role to play. WWF has run an energy effi ciency campaign in Beijing to reduce that growth, and is developing a scenario for the country’s electricitysector, showing a more sustainable path forward.

The Philippines could cover half of their electricity demand from renewable sources – geothermal, hydro power, wind and biomass. WWF helped set up South East Asia’s fi rst wind power plant there, and worked to create and maintain a coalition of industry, politi-cians and social groups demanding a reliable law on renewable energy.

It’s our business!

Clear laws must drive progress

The European Union is fi rst in imple-menting an emissions trading system. However, many EU provisions lack bite: electricity companies are still able to plan new coal-fi red power stations, which are the worst climate polluters. And legislation to drive energy effi ciency is materializing too slowly. WWF promotes an integrated approach for the EU to reduce its CO2 emissions by a third by 2020. This includes a mix of new and improved legislation and incentives to lead the power sector to a clean energy path.

The Kyoto Protocol is the world’s only multilateral agreement with binding caps on global warming emissions. But the fi rst phase of the Protocol ends in 2012. Governments need to conduct serious negotiations to set deeper cuts for CO2 emissions in the next period of the Kyoto Protocol. WWF advises governments in many countries on how to fulfi l their Kyoto obligations and builds new coa-litions to drive the switch to a carbon-neutral future.

WWF is working with communities to develop responses to safeguard their livelihoods:

The village of Kabara on a small island in southern Fiji is home to 200 people who depend on regular rainfall to sur-vive. But seasons are changing, storms are getting more violent, and the sea level is rising, forcing the villagers to withdraw the first row of houses. Together with WWF staff, the villagers are now trying to stabilize the beach by planting trees and building dykes.

The upper Lech River in central Europe is a rapid mountain river. In the torrential fl oods in August 2005, the river ripped away dykes, houses, roads and railways. In a 50km stretch, how-ever, WWF helped to enlarge the wilder-ness area around the river to give fl oods more space. There the river caused no harm. WWF is exporting this model to many other rivers in Europe.

WWF is doing more than just documenting these changes: There is an urgent need to redesign conservation to include responses to climate change. WWF is conducting some of the fi rst fi eld tests of this new conservation paradigm.

Bracing ourselves for future catastrophesClimate change damages ecoregions and biodiversity. We are already seeing the

fi rst impacts of climate change in the natural world. Glaciers are melting, coral reefs

are bleaching, and some species are shifting and others disappearing. The changes

in nature have started to threaten people as well.

In Indonesia, the South Pacifi c and the Caribbean, WWF is working to identify which factors and management actions can make coral reefs more resistant to global warming.

In Tanzania, Cameroon and Fiji, projects are underway to increase the resilience of mangrove forests through restoration and improved protection. WWF wants to find common approaches that can be shared with mangrove managers around the world.

Patterns of glacier melt and changes in freshwater availability are the focus of projects in Nepal, India, China and Pakistan. WWF tries to develop re-sponses to the changes for human and wildlife communities.

Kyoto Protocol ratifi cation countries and WWF climate change programme

Countries that ratifi ed the Kyoto Protocol by October 2005

Country names indicate presence of WWF climate change programme

Corporations play a key role in climate change

mitigation. There is growing recognition that

climate change and climate policies will have

both fi nancial impacts and offer new opportuni-

ties. WWF works with key businesses to reduce

their carbon footprint, advocate progressive

policies and activate consumers.

In June 2005, Joachim Faber, board mem-ber of Allianz Group, one of the world’s largest financial groups, stated: “Climate change creates signifi cant costs for the fi nancial indus-try. We need to take these risks into account when making decisions on insurance under-writing, investments or lending credit.” WWF and Allianz Group cooperate to integrate risks from climate change and to identify new opportunities.

Through the Kyoto Protocol, countries and companies can account for clean energy in-vestments in developing countries and thus offset their emissions at home. To ensure that these projects really reduce CO2 emissions and contribute to sustainable development, WWF helped to develop the Gold Standard. Today an independent organization, it is starting to make its mark: the 2006 Football World Championship in Germany for instance will offset its carbon emissions through the Gold Standard.

Some large companies are willing to lead the way and cut CO2 emissions by increasing energy effi ciency and purchasing renewable energy. WWF’s Climate Savers initiative has nine business partners which will collecti-vely reduce CO2 emissions by some nine million tons annually by 2010, approximately the amount generated by two million cars

or 800,000 homes.

WWF supporters can become involved as conscious consumers by reducing their energy consumption. Or as critical activists: WWF’s PowerSwitch! campaign offers possibilities for active people to help infl uence politicians, government offi cials, businesses and indus-tries.

-

If global average temperature were to rise 2°C above

pre-industrial levels, many ecosystems would be seriously

damaged and might go extinct. Human populations around

the world could lose their homes and cultures.

Staying below this temperature threshold requires

deep cuts in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, transforming

the way we supply and use energy and raw materials.

Global CO2 emissions must peak as early as 2015

and decline rapidly thereafter. Industrialized countries

must take the lead in reducing their emissions and driv-

ing clean technology development. Developing countries

can meet their development goals while curbing their CO2

emissions, by developing effi cient and less carbon-intensive

energy sources.

WWF works with governments and businesses to

switch to a clean energy path. And WWF helps local com-

munities and conservation groups to build resistance and

resilience to the impacts that are already unavoidable

WWF strives to protect people and nature from climate change

WWF’s Climate Change Programme

Legislation sets the pace for a paradigm

shift to clean energy. Deep binding

absolute caps remain the main policy

tool for reducing emissions in indus-

trialized countries. The economically

stronger developing countries need to

begin rapid de-carbonization strategies,

with fi nancial support from the more

developed nations. The most polluting

industry sectors need to be the focus

of attention.

China is experiencing the biggest growth of energy use and therefore has a pivotal role to play. WWF has run an energy effi ciency campaign in Beijing to reduce that growth, and is developing a scenario for the country’s electricitysector, showing a more sustainable path forward.

The Philippines could cover half of their electricity demand from renewable sources – geothermal, hydro power, wind and biomass. WWF helped set up South East Asia’s fi rst wind power plant there, and worked to create and maintain a coalition of industry, politi-cians and social groups demanding a reliable law on renewable energy.

It’s our business!

Clear laws must drive progress

The European Union is fi rst in imple-menting an emissions trading system. However, many EU provisions lack bite: electricity companies are still able to plan new coal-fi red power stations, which are the worst climate polluters. And legislation to drive energy effi ciency is materializing too slowly. WWF promotes an integrated approach for the EU to reduce its CO2 emissions by a third by 2020. This includes a mix of new and improved legislation and incentives to lead the power sector to a clean energy path.

The Kyoto Protocol is the world’s only multilateral agreement with binding caps on global warming emissions. But the fi rst phase of the Protocol ends in 2012. Governments need to conduct serious negotiations to set deeper cuts for CO2 emissions in the next period of the Kyoto Protocol. WWF advises governments in many countries on how to fulfi l their Kyoto obligations and builds new coa-litions to drive the switch to a carbon-neutral future.

WWF is working with communities to develop responses to safeguard their livelihoods:

The village of Kabara on a small island in southern Fiji is home to 200 people who depend on regular rainfall to sur-vive. But seasons are changing, storms are getting more violent, and the sea level is rising, forcing the villagers to withdraw the first row of houses. Together with WWF staff, the villagers are now trying to stabilize the beach by planting trees and building dykes.

The upper Lech River in central Europe is a rapid mountain river. In the torrential fl oods in August 2005, the river ripped away dykes, houses, roads and railways. In a 50km stretch, how-ever, WWF helped to enlarge the wilder-ness area around the river to give fl oods more space. There the river caused no harm. WWF is exporting this model to many other rivers in Europe.

WWF is doing more than just documenting these changes: There is an urgent need to redesign conservation to include responses to climate change. WWF is conducting some of the fi rst fi eld tests of this new conservation paradigm.

Bracing ourselves for future catastrophesClimate change damages ecoregions and biodiversity. We are already seeing the

fi rst impacts of climate change in the natural world. Glaciers are melting, coral reefs

are bleaching, and some species are shifting and others disappearing. The changes

in nature have started to threaten people as well.

In Indonesia, the South Pacifi c and the Caribbean, WWF is working to identify which factors and management actions can make coral reefs more resistant to global warming.

In Tanzania, Cameroon and Fiji, projects are underway to increase the resilience of mangrove forests through restoration and improved protection. WWF wants to find common approaches that can be shared with mangrove managers around the world.

Patterns of glacier melt and changes in freshwater availability are the focus of projects in Nepal, India, China and Pakistan. WWF tries to develop re-sponses to the changes for human and wildlife communities.

Kyoto Protocol ratifi cation countries and WWF climate change programme

Countries that ratifi ed the Kyoto Protocol by October 2005

Country names indicate presence of WWF climate change programme

Corporations play a key role in climate change

mitigation. There is growing recognition that

climate change and climate policies will have

both fi nancial impacts and offer new opportuni-

ties. WWF works with key businesses to reduce

their carbon footprint, advocate progressive

policies and activate consumers.

In June 2005, Joachim Faber, board mem-ber of Allianz Group, one of the world’s largest financial groups, stated: “Climate change creates signifi cant costs for the fi nancial indus-try. We need to take these risks into account when making decisions on insurance under-writing, investments or lending credit.” WWF and Allianz Group cooperate to integrate risks from climate change and to identify new opportunities.

Through the Kyoto Protocol, countries and companies can account for clean energy in-vestments in developing countries and thus offset their emissions at home. To ensure that these projects really reduce CO2 emissions and contribute to sustainable development, WWF helped to develop the Gold Standard. Today an independent organization, it is starting to make its mark: the 2006 Football World Championship in Germany for instance will offset its carbon emissions through the Gold Standard.

Some large companies are willing to lead the way and cut CO2 emissions by increasing energy effi ciency and purchasing renewable energy. WWF’s Climate Savers initiative has nine business partners which will collecti-vely reduce CO2 emissions by some nine million tons annually by 2010, approximately the amount generated by two million cars

or 800,000 homes.

WWF supporters can become involved as conscious consumers by reducing their energy consumption. Or as critical activists: WWF’s PowerSwitch! campaign offers possibilities for active people to help infl uence politicians, government offi cials, businesses and indus-tries.

Facing the new

ng the new

ng

climate

WWF International

Avenue du Mont-Blanc1196 GlandSwitzerland

Tel: +41 22 364 9111Fax: +44 22 364 3239

Author and Editor: Martin HillerDesign: Wassmer Graphic Design NyonPrinted by: Sadag SA, Bellegarde, FrancePaper quality: Antarctic mat, FSC, 250gm2

Published November 2005 by WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature (formerly World Wildlife Fund), Gland, Switzerland.

Any reproduction in full or in part of this publication must mention the title and credit the above-mentioned publisher as the copyright owner.

© text (2005) WWF. All rights reserved.

The material and the geographical designations in this report do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of WWF concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or concerning the delimination of its frontiers or boundaries.

WWF THANKS THE FOLLOWING

PHOTOGRAPHERS:

Cover: Gettyimages/Max Zerrahm

WWF-Canon:Outside: Michèle Depraz, Alain Compost, Yifei Zhang, Adam Oswell (2), WWF Germany.Inside: Jürgen Freund (2), Yifei Zhang, Andrew Kerr, Claire Doole, Gustavo Ybarra, Neyret & Benastar, Francis Areki, Anton Vorauer.

Barometer: Gettyimages/Steve Allen

Climate change is happening. Scientists agree that

the main cause is how we produce and use energy – by

burning coal, oil and natural gas.

Even if we stopped climate change right now, we

would still have to cope with its impacts. People are threat-

ened by drought, changes in rainfall, altered seasons, and

more and more violent storms and fl oods. As habitats

change, many wild animals and plants could be pushed

over the edge towards extinction.

The good news is that we can slow climate change

before it becomes too dangerous to manage. We need

to switch to clean and effi cient energy in electricity pro-

duction, transport, and heating and cooling.

The tools for keeping climate change under control

are available and affordable today: a clean energy

revolution will stimulate our economies and keep our

climate stable. And resistance and resilience strategies

to unavoidable impacts can be built into development

planning and policies.

We can limit the damage from climate change if we act now.

We can slow climate change before it becomes

too dangerous

Climate change and global warming are made by people.

We all can work together to limit the damage.

How WWF helps curb global warming

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© 1

996

Pan

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l WW

F –

Wor

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ide

Fund

for

Nat

ure

(form

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Wor

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e Fu

nd) –

® “

WW

F” &

“liv

ing

plan

et”

are

WW

F R

egis

tere

d Tr

adem

arks

Contacts in the Climate Change Programme:

Jennifer Morgan, Directormorgan@wwf.de

Anna Reynolds, Deputy Director areynolds@wwf.org.au

Martin Hiller, Communications Manager mhiller@wwfi nt.org

Lara Hansen, Chief Climate Change Scientist lara.hansen@wwfus.org

Imogen Zethoven, PowerSwitch! Campaign Leaderzethoven@wwf.de

Stephan Singer, EU Climate and Energy Programmessinger@wwfepo.org

Liam Salter, Asia Pacifi c Climate and Energy Programmelsalter@wwf.org.ph

Giulio Volpi, Latin America Climate and Energy Programme giulio@wwf.org.br

Hans Verolme, US Climate Change Programme hans.verolme@wwfus.org

Source: IEA 2004