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WWF welcomes net zero commitment and calls for urgent action in this decade

WWF-Australia has welcomed the Prime Minister’s commitment to a target of net zero climate pollution and called for urgent new policy action to slash emissions...

26 October 2021

Andrew Forrest, Bruce Pascoe, Lucy Turnbull join new podcast on how to make Australia a sustainability superpower

WWF-Australia partner with Good Will Hunters podcast in new series to drive sustainability agenda in lead-up to COP26

13 September 2021

View of bushfire from NSW Broulee Beach= Australia= December 2019

New science report underscores urgency for climate action or risk seeing 1.5°C goal slip away

A new global climate science report, published today, sets out in stark detail the future we will have if we make poor choices today.

9 August 2021

During the People's Climate March, a sign is held asking us to act now

WWF renews its support for Climate Bill following disappointing committee report

WWF-Australia has renewed its support for a national Climate Change Bill proposed by independent MP Zali Steggall, following the release of a lower house...

14 July 2021

Aerial view of Hardy Reef, home to the Heart Reef, in the Great Barrier Reef

These images were taken on 20 June 2017 by a drone to assess if the Heart Reef has been bleached.

UNESCO recommends the Great Barrier Reef be declared World Heritage in Danger

UNESCO has sent the strongest message possible that Australia must do more on climate change and water quality to protect the Great Barrier Reef by...

22 June 2021

Sprinkler system gives hope to flying foxes

A successful trial of an atmospheric cooling system for flying foxes has given hope to researchers working to prevent the vulnerable species from dying and...

26 March 2021

Aerial of the Kangaroo Island bushfire aftermath in 2019-20.

WWF welcomes national agency to help prepare for natural disasters

WWF-Australia has welcomed a plan by the Federal Government to establish a National Resilience, Relief and Recovery Agency to help Australian communities...

16 November 2020

Building a stronger and cleaner post-pandemic Australia

Our diverse organisations together call for support for COVID economic recovery to urgently stimulate jobs and to rebuild a sustainable and strong economy.

25 May 2020

A koala in care with RSPCA Queensland= cuddling a panda plush

Following bushfires, call to list koalas as endangered in QLD, NSW & ACT

Following severe population declines, made worse by this summer’s devastating bushfires, conservation and animal welfare groups have nominated the koala to be...

5 April 2020

Still images of coral bleaching in staghorn corals taken off Heron Island, March 2020

Reef authority confirms mass coral bleaching event hitting the Great Barrier Reef

New aerial surveys show a mass coral bleaching event is now occurring on the Great Barrier Reef with some southern areas, which dodged the 2016 and 2017...

26 March 2020

People gather for Earth Hour Night in Manly= 2014

Calls to switch off and speak out in most important Earth Hour yet

On Saturday, 28 March at 8:30 pm. local time, Earth Hour, an Australian-grown initiative and now one of the largest global grassroots movements for the...

5 March 2020

A kookaburra surveys its destroyed home after a bushfire passed through Wallabi Point, NSW.

The hidden cost of Australia’s bushfire crisis could be billions

A new report from the World Wide Fund for Nature has estimated the cost of carbon dioxide emissions caused by the bushfire crisis – and it could run to...

21 February 2020