WWF participates in the development of policy positions internationally through the Climate Action Network (CAN) and Global Campaign for Action on Climate Change (GCCA); and for South Africa through the SA Climate Action Network (SA-CAN).
It is important that climate change policy is informed by science that is credible, robust and up to date. This means:
WWF supports a price and/or cap on carbon, as well as markets in which carbon allocations and offsets can be traded. We also support large-scale public and private sector investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy , with financial backing provided by wealthy nations to poor nations.
It is important that climate change policy is informed by science that is credible, robust and up to date. This means:
- Ensuring that global warming stays well below 2 degrees Celsius
- Keeping global atmospheric greenhouse gas levels below 400 parts per million
- Keeping within a “carbon budget” of 1 000 billion tonnes of CO2 and 1 400 billion tonnes (in CO2e) of all greenhouse gasses from 2000 to 2050.
- Such a target requires reducing the world’s greenhouse gas emissions by between 80 and 95% from 1990 levels by 2050.
- By 2020, rich industrialized countries need to have reduced their emissions by 25-40%, while developing nations should be able to demonstrate that they are emitting significantly less than if they had taken no action to curb emissions.
WWF supports a price and/or cap on carbon, as well as markets in which carbon allocations and offsets can be traded. We also support large-scale public and private sector investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy , with financial backing provided by wealthy nations to poor nations.
