The Endangered Species Coalition released today (1 December 2009) a report, America’s Hottest Species, on ten of America’s endangered wildlife, birds, fish and plants being affected by climate change.

On Wednesday, December 2, 2009, the House Agriculture Committee is holding a hearing on the potential economic impacts of climate change on the farm sector.  

In the 12 years since the Kyoto protocol was adopted, global emissions of greenhouse gases have increased rapidly, their concentrations in the atmosphere have grown, climate change has accelerated and the impacts have grown more evident.

China's State Council announced yesterday (26 November 2009) that China would reduce the amount of carbon dioxide it emits per unit of GDP by 40-45% below 2005 levels by 2020.  In addition, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said that Premier Wen Jiabao would attend the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP-15) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December.  WWF welcomes the announcement.

The White House released an announcement today (25 November 2009) saying that President Obama on 9 December would travel to Copenhagen, Denmark, and that "the President is prepared to put on the table a U.S. emissions reduction target in the range of 17% below 2005 levels in 2020 and ultimately in line with final U.S. energy and climate legislation."  WWF’s Climate Program Director Keya Chatterjee welcomed the announcement that Obama would attend the meeting, and added that the President should follow up by putting "the full weight of the White House behind Senate passage of a climate bill in the first part of 2010.”

A group of leading researchers has issued an update of the climate science, warning that "decisions taken now have profound and practically irreversible consequences for many generations to come."

A new report commissioned by WWF and Allianz assesses potential economic consequences of key “tipping points” by mid-century; and warns of particularly large exposure along U.S. northeast coast

World Wildlife Fund last week (on 16 November 2009)  launched a 10-day TV advertising campaign in Alaska. 

Researchers have found that some  fish stocks in the Northwest Atlantic off the coast of New England have been moving northward over the last four decades.

We provide a handy and short list of links to online resources on the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-15) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 7-18 December 2009.