We're WWF and we're bringing our world back to life.
Right now, our world needs our help like never before.
Nature is in freefall: we’re destroying our forests, polluting our rivers and oceans, and causing devastating changes to the climate. WWF’s Living Planet Report shows average population sizes of wildlife have declined by 68% since 1970. We’re also seeing the effects on our own doorstep: the UK is in the bottom 10% of countries globally when it comes to the abundance of nature.
And nature is not just a nice to have. From the air we breathe to the food we eat, we need it to survive.
At WWF, we’re bringing our world back to life. Protecting what’s left is not enough – we’re now in a race to restore the natural world and prevent catastrophic climate change before it’s too late. And it’s a race we can still win.
There is hope. We know the solutions already exist to create a better world for future generations – if we urgently scale-up our efforts.
We need everyone to act – there is much to transform, and increasingly little time to do so. But with immediate and radical action we can still stop the loss of nature and set it on the road to recovery. Even with urgent and truly ambitious efforts, this will take time – but our research shows it’s possible for nature’s vital signs to be improving by the end of the decade.
OUR GOALS
RESORTING THREATENED HABITATS AND SPECIES
We’re working to halt the loss of habitats and restore natural life-support systems for people and species in some of the world’s most special places.
We’re doing this through large-scale landscapes and seascapes programmes, particularly in the Amazon, east Africa, Asia and the UK, while supporting communities and Indigenous peoples to exercise their rights. We’re delivering programmes to maintain or increase wild populations of many species. And we’re working to close ivory markets, restore river flows and protect coral reefs.
ADVERTING DANGEROUS CLIMATE CHANGE
We’re pushing the UK government to take the strongest action to tackle the climate emergency.
We’re doing this by influencing UK government policies, galvanising huge public demand for climate action, working with the finance and investment sector to help it align with 1.5°C targets, and identifying and promoting nature-based solutions to the climate crisis. We’re also at the forefront of holding the government to account on keeping its promises on net zero and nature.
CREATING A SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM
We’re working to reform our food system, to halt nature loss and drive a global transformation to sustainable food production and consumption. We’re doing this in the UK by working with farmers, retailers and others so they invest in nature’s restoration, pressing for policies to remove deforestation from our agricultural supply chains, and striving to make people more aware of the link between food, climate and nature.
WHY WWF?
WWF started out 60 years ago to protect nature’s wonders. We’ve learnt a lot since then – from the scale of the threats facing our warming planet to the importance of working hand in hand with local communities.
Today, we’re working in over 100 countries around the world to: Avert dangerous climate change;
Restore threatened habitats and species; and
Create a sustainable food system.
Thanks to decades of ground-breaking research from our scientists and experts around the globe we’ve been able to make a real difference. As a trusted voice on the environment, we’ve worked with governments, businesses and communities to create real change for our world.
We know that we can’t tackle the scale of this problem alone. We believe working in collaboration with Indigenous peoples and local communities is the most effective, equitable and efficient way to restore the natural world that we all hold dear.
Here at WWF we find our strength in the incredible impact we see in the places where we work. We know that change is possible. Together, we can bring our world back to life.
How you can support WWF-UK:
You are the guardians of our planet and therefore at the centre of everything we do; we are the first generation to know we are destroying the planet and the last that can do anything about it. WWF and our planet needs you!
But what can you do?
RAISE MONEY…
This could be at school, at home with your family and family or in the community around you. You could organise a bake sale, a sponsored walk or Tiger tea party, the possibilities are endless. More information on fundraising can be found here.
SPREAD THE WORD…
Tell everyone you know why you love WWF and why you are fundraising and raising awareness. By sharing your passion for the planet, you’ll inspire others.
INSPIRE THOSE AROUND YOU TO MAKE CHANGES...
Tell them about eating more sustainable or to turn the temperature down on their next load of washing. Share with them everything you’ve learnt about saving our planet.
TAKE ON A CHALLENGE...
WWF has created an app that helps you understand your impact on our planet and feature challenges you can take on to help reduce your environmental footprint. Download the WWF “My Footprint” App from the App Store or Google Play.
USE YOUR VOICE...
Write to your local MP, letting them know they you care about your future and that they need to as well. Ask a parent/guardian or teacher to help you find their details.
LISTEN...
Our “Call of the Wild” podcast is hosted by actor and WWF Ambassador Cel Spellman. In each episode, Cel meets special guests and top nature experts to dig deeper into the treats our planet is facing and what each of us can do to help.
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