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What does Scotland’s independence referendum mean for the environment?
If you can, imagine yourselves on the other side of the referendum. It’s easy to imagine that once such a big question has been asked on 18 September, Scotland’s future will be settled. No, it won’t,...
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What I hope Wales will look like when my children have grown up
Snuggling up with my children to read their bedtime story is a precious moment for me. It’s a magical time watching them drift off to sleep. But imagine if that bedtime story took them to a future...
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Don’t assume it’s curtains for electricity from coal
Burning coal is the biggest threat to tackling climate change. Our old coal power stations, relics from the 1960s and 70s, have served us well but their time is up. The next Government must take action...
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Why the Infrastructure Bill is a step backwards for new homes
When I first started working for WWF back in 2008 it really was an exciting time to be involved in shaping policies and in particular for me, on creating sustainable new homes – zero carbon homes. Wood...
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Forest communities celebrate as they switch on to solar energy
It was all smiles, cheers and celebration when Fatuma lit the first ever solar lantern in the village, lighting the whole one roomed house. The night had literally turned into daytime. Community...
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The safe bet: a renewable powered future for Scotland by 2030
Our new report ‘Pathways to Power’ shows that Scotland could be powered almost entirely by renewables by 2030. Against an often uncertain landscape for renewables in 2014, it was great to see Scotland...
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Will Scotland choose to ride the wave of the renewables revolution?
Scotland’s story of a power sector in transition is being played out in many countries around the world. The centralised, large fossil fuel generation model is being unravelled with every new megawatt...
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A missed opportunity for the economy and the environment
“The long-term economic plan is working”, the Chancellor claimed today in delivering the 2015 Budget – and it did include at least some good news for those who care about a more sustainable, resilient...
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Politicians: What will you do for the environment?
So the starting-gun has finally been fired. The shadow-boxing has been going on for weeks, if not months, but, with the dissolution of Parliament, we are now in the final short campaign. Houses of...
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Investing in a time of climate change
Opportunity. It’s a word that inspires. Rarely does one read about climate change though in this context. While we need to fully understand and appreciate the massive risks posed by climate change,...
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The strength of fossil fuel divestment: let’s set things straight
Since its launch three years ago, the divestment movement has surpassed the $50 billion mark, with over 800 global investors committing to divest their holdings in fossil fuels over the next five...
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Energy policy is not a poker game
On Friday, Amber Rudd MP, gave her first major speech as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change during a meeting hosted by Aviva. I am always encouraged when I hear a minister speaking with...
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Change starts at home: WWF’s Living Planet Centre
This week is World Green Building Week, a chance to showcase sustainable buildings in action. We at WWF have been lucky enough to inhabit our own green building, the Living Planet Centre (LPC), since...
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The Paris climate deal is a ‘major milestone’ to protect our future
The Paris Agreement is an unprecedented milestone – even if it is not perfect. For the first time, almost 200 countries have adopted a landmark deal on climate change action for all. David Nussbaum,...
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Earth Hour: 10 things you should be doing for your planet
When we spent a year buying nothing new a couple of years ago, lots of people asked me at the end of it what I had learned from the year. And although I learned lots of really useful, practical skills,...
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Saving space for the harbour porpoise in UK seas
I remember the first time I saw a harbour porpoise. I was taking an early morning boat trip with a group of eager folk from Bridlington, East Yorkshire. It was a sunny July day and the conditions were...
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Keeping climate policy alive after Brexit
“Climate Change is not a risk that has been downgraded after the Referendum” Amber Rudd, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. Climate change is a political issue. It is such a big problem...
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Brexit need not mean the end of the UK’s strong environmental rules says WWF...
The European Union has contributed a lot to environmental policies in the UK, such as the EU Birds and Habitats directives, which saw the rare bittern brought back from the brink of extinction in the...
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Make your voice heard for the environment
A lot has happened since the UK voted to leave the European Union on 23 June. Prime Ministers have come and gone, Cabinet Ministers have been purged and promoted, and the main party of Opposition is...
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1.5 Degrees of the Paris Climate Agreement
The international treaty to address climate change, known as the Paris Agreement, will enter into force this year with the news that the EU has joined the US, China, India and dozens of other countries...
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Woking #SpeakUp During Week of Action
On 8 – 16 October, thousands of people across the country took park in the Climate Coalition Week of Action, taking the opportunity to #SpeakUp for the things they want to protect from climate change....
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#MakeClimateMatter – where’s the plan for action?
Every new year, when I tell myself that I’m going to lose weight, drink less, or (this year) eat less meat, I know that it won’t happen on the basis of willpower alone. If I set rules – tell myself...
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Action as well as targets needed for Scotland’s new Climate Bill
Last month, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon met with the Governor of California – the world’s sixth largest economy – to sign an agreement that strengthens clean energy ties and mutual resolve to...
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Big tasks need big leaders
History teaches us, over and over again, that when we’re faced with big challenges, we need good leaders to help us through them. Challenges don’t come on a much bigger scale for Planet Earth – and...
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Clean Growth Strategy: the devil’s in the lack of detail
I’ve been head of climate and energy at WWF-UK since late November 2016. We talked about the Government’s ‘emissions reduction plan’ in my interview for the job; it was late, even then. It was, at...
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