By 2050 we may have 30% less polar bears. The main cause is the climate change caused by human activities, which is making its habitat increasingly fragile. The survival of this majestic species is seriously threatened. The WWF remembers...
The EU Member States kept their commitments and, respecting the previous vote of the European Parliament, approved the Nature Restoration Regulation with a qualified majority. Austria's vote was decisive, as it changed its previous position and allowed the approval.
An...
In the last two years in Italy not even one kilometer of underground lines has been inaugurated, while the gap between Italian and European cities has increased, precisely where delays are most significant, i.e. the provision of metro, trams...
Rome is the worst European city in which to live in 2020. The figure emerges from the Expat City Ranking, the ranking of the 82 largest world metropolises, distributed by InterNations, the largest expatriate community in the world. Rome...
Large numbers of people in Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania and Somalia were displaced and significant damage was reported to homes, schools and infrastructure, as well as the loss of crops and livestock. Many families have been forced to leave their...
Big hands hardened by fatigue and the satisfied smile of those who know they have done something important for the environment. His name is Jadav Payeng, an Indian farmer who with the help of his hands has planted a...
Plastic pollution damages the environment, valuable
materials are lost, and cleaning up is very difficult. There is also a growing
concern over micro- and nanoplastics impact on animals and humans.
The Italian environmental advocacy association Legambiente
has said that plastic accounts for over...
Over 1,300 tons of plastic waste were illegally shipped from Italy to Malaysian companies and this only in the first nine months of 2019: this was what the Greenpeace Investigation Unit discovered in the investigation conducted between Italy and...
The countries of the European Union, due to the import of products such as soy, palm oil, beef, cocoa, coffee and wood, are among the main causes of tropical deforestation and the destruction of ecosystems such as grasslands, savannas...
While the media headlines have rightly focused this year on
the many warning signs of a planetary emergency, WWF would like to end the year
on a more hopeful note. So here are some of their biggest success stories in
2019 from...
