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This morning, two of WWF’s Young Ambassadors, Emma Biermann and Casper ter Kuile delivered WWF’s Get on Board petition to Prime Minister Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street.

The petitio, which contains more than 8,300 signatures, calls on the government to strengthen the Climate Change Bill by setting a target for the UK to reduce carbon emissions by at least 80% by 2050.  It also calls for the Bill to include emissions from international aviation and shipping from the outset.

Emma and Casper recently returned from a 10-day WWF voyage to the Arctic, where they witnessed the impact of climate change in the region.

Read the full story on the WWF-UK website

Take a look at this short animation on Climate Change from WWF Brazil

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At the end, it says:
Think New. Think again.
Conserve your planet. Its the only one you’ve got.

Take a look at this offering from icount:

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Lets make a final push to ensure the Climate Change Bill has balls…

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You may have seen a report in today’s newspaper that a leaked UN report suggests carbon emissions from international shipping are around three times greater than previously thought.

These are the apparent findings of scientists working for the International Maritime Organisation, the UN agency that regulates the shipping industry.

The data appears to come from a more sophisticated measure of true emissions from shipping than has been used in the past.

Now that we know the true extent of international shipping emissions, it is even more important that the government includes them in the climate change legislation currently before Parliament.

Read the full story about the true cost of shipping to the climate.

Britain’s top environmental scientists have called on the government to set tougher targets for cuts in UK carbon emissions in the Climate Change Bill.

The current target in the Bill – to reduce UK CO₂ emissions by 60% by 2050 – is based on a report by the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (RCEP) from 2000.

But in an open letter to the leaders of the main political parties – published in today’s Times, Guardian, Telegraph and Independent – the current Chair of the RCEP, together with his two predecessors and Professor Norman Myers, have stated, in their personal capacity, that the government’s CO₂ reduction target needs to reflect the most up-to-date science.

The scientists state that the UK should opt for a carbon reduction target of at least 80%. They recognise that the RCEP’s 2000 report has been superseded by new evidence, including the latest Scientific Assessment Report of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, published in February 2007.

With such a categorical call coming from such respected scientists, it’s difficult to see how the government can continue to stand by its inadequate 60% target.

Read the press release

Read the scientists’ statement

After hours of protracted and at times emotional discussions, a deal was finally agreed at the UN’s Climate Change Summit in Bali.

The agreement launches formal negotiations for countries to reach further agreement in 2009 on how to reduce climate-changing gases - but lacked ambition by relegating the important issue of the reduction targets to a footnote.

In short, we’re a step closer to tackling global climate change, but will have to do much more before 2009 if we want a robust regime to replace the Kyoto Protocol which expires in 2012.

Read more about the outcome in our Bali blog.

WWF is currently attending crucial international talks at the United Nations (UN) Climate Summit in Bali.

We are lobbying governments around the world to ensure that they take the first steps necessary towards creating an effective post Kyoto deal on climate change.

To achieve this we urge political leaders to agree to cut global carbon emissions by 30% by 2020.

We are also calling for an increase in international funding to help less developed countries adapt to the impacts of climate change.

Find out more about WWF’s work at the Bali conference.

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