04/01/2021

An art competition was launched recently for young people across the UK, with the winners having their artwork displayed at the COP26 Climate Change conference later this year in Glasgow. The Creative Earth competition is part of a UK Government initiative, Together for our Planet, and launched in collaboration with the WWF to encourage young people to use the power of art to capture their hopes and dreams for the planet in the future. To kickstart the competition, Cel Spellman, star of Netflix’s…

14/06/2016

      Commenting on the publication today of Wales’ most recent greenhouse gas emissions figures, WWF Cymru Policy and Advocacy Officer Jessica McQuade said: “WWF Cymru is pleased that Welsh greenhouse gas emissions have reduced between 2013 and 2014, and we’re back on the right path to tackling climate change. However, we need to act faster if we are to avoid the 2°c of warming in our climate that scientists agree would be catastrophic.   “We now have an Environment…

01/12/2015

Wales Climate Action Day on Saturday 28 November saw hundreds of people join us and our Stop Climate Chaos Cymru for our Pedal for the Planet event ahead of the UN’s climate change conference currently taking place in Paris. Despite the wind and the rain, we were joined by hundreds of people on their bikes, who cycled from Callaghan Square in the city centre, down Lloyd George Avenue, to the Senedd in Cardiff Bay for a rally to call for…

11/05/2015

Why your readers should Wear It Wild WWF Cymru is calling on people of all ages to make a stand for nature, and ‘Wear It Wild’ on Friday 5 June. We’re challenging the nation to dress as wild as they dare – whether sporting animal-print socks at work, leopard leotards on the school run, or go all out in a wild onesie: we want to see your wild side!  As well as raising awareness about threatened species, any money raised…