Climate change - WWF Arctic
Climate change is warming the Arctic nearly four times faster than anywhere else on Earth. WWF is working to protect and conserve the Arctic.
Climate change threatens bears' long-term survival - WWF Arctic
A 2020 study published in Nature Climate Change aimed to tackle these uncertainties by linking climate models and sea-ice projections to estimates of how long polar bears can go without food based on their body condition and the amount of energy they burn each day.
Home - WWF Arctic
WWF Arctic Programme is working for a well-managed, biodiverse and resilient Arctic. Learn more about the threats and our priorities.
The Arctic - WWF Arctic
For thousands of years, the Arctic has been home to Indigenous Peoples and local communities. For people living in the Arctic, climate change is the driving force in many of the environmental, economic and societal transitions affecting the region today. More about Arctic communities
Everything is at risk: Rapidly changing climate threatens Arctic ...
This report shows that climate change is affecting virtually every aspect of life for people in the Arctic—particularly Indigenous communities—because of its effects on ecosystems, especially with regard to the productivity, seasonality, distribution and interactions of species in Arctic terrestrial, coastal and marine environments.
Arctic nations are responsible for 22% of the world’s carbon …
To limit the impacts of a climate-changed Arctic to levels that will be safe for humanity, we need a worldwide movement to curtail the global temperature rise to 1.5˚C beyond preindustrial levels.
Arctic connected | Arctic biodiversity under threat - WWF Arctic
2022年12月12日 · In the Arctic, climate warming and biodiversity loss are more interlinked than any other place on Earth. Temperatures in the Arctic have risen more than two times faster than the global average. This has led to sea ice melting at unparalleled speed, negatively affecting marine ecosystems and biodiversity.
Is climate change threatening the Saami way of life? - WWF Arctic
2. Climate change = culture change. Changing climate threatens Saami’s herding culture. Snow plays a central role in the Saami way of life and their reindeer herding culture, as well as in climatic, ecological and hydrological processes in the region.
Wildlife - WWF Arctic
Millenia of evolution have prepared Arctic species like the polar bear, walrus and narwhal for life on and around the sea ice. Now their habitat is radically shifting in a matter of decades.
Arctic Council unites on climate change threat, fails to commit to a ...
2021年5月20日 · Despite simmering geopolitical tensions, all Arctic states and Indigenous Peoples’ representatives acknowledged today the enormous threat of climate change to the region’s nature and people.
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