Countries can, and should, exercise legitimate, well-established procedural pathways, including voting on a new treaty text (notably used for the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ...

The International Court of Justice recognised clear obligations of states to avoid impacts of greenhouse gas emissions to the ...

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History of the Giant Panda 11 March 1869 A hunter brings a panda skin to the French Jesuit, Armand David 13 April 1929 The Roosevelt brothers become the first foreigners to shoot a panda 1936 Ruth ...

One Planet CitiesBy 2050, urban populations may double to 6.7 billion from today’s 3.5 billion. Cities generate over 80% of global GDP and are responsible for more than 70 percent of global CO2 ...

Conservation, species survival and trophy huntingWWF opposes any hunting that threatens species survival, and WWF does not support the hunting of an animal solely as a trophy. WWF respects and ...

Bamboo contains very little nutritional value so pandas must eat 12-38kg every day to meet their energy needs. But they do branch out, with about 1% of their diet comprising other plants and even meat ...

For decades, the ocean has absorbed the impacts of burning fossil fuels, buffering us from the worst effects of the climate crisis. But record-breaking marine heatwaves are pushing ecosystems to the ...

Freshwater habitats are incredibly diverse, with more than 400 large-scale ecoregions and thousands of rivers, lakes, and wetlands. Freshwaters are also hotspots for biodiversity. They are home to at ...

A fully grown panda is far too formidable a foe for most predators, but some animals can prey on cubs. Potential predators include jackals, snow leopards and yellow-throated martens, all of which are ...

The Freshwater Challenge aims to ensure 300,000km of degraded rivers and 350 million hectares of degraded wetlands are committed to restoration by 2030, and to protect freshwater ecosystems. In a ...