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WWF works with key people in government, industry, education and civil society generally. Together we can make a positive impact on the future of the planet, influencing public policy, corporate agendas, education systems and public environmental awareness.
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WWF in England
The English Regions Team (ERT) has been working with Regional Assemblies and Development Agencies around England to address global environmental impacts at a regional level. By using demonstration projects on the ground to lobby regional governments, ERT has enjoyed great success.
In April 2004, the Mayor of London endorsed and adopted the sustainability indicators compiled by the London Sustainable Development Commission. Ecological footprint is one of the headline indicators, and the Mayor has committed the Greater London Authority to update and report on these indicators annually. And in July 2004 the South-east Regional Assembly (SEERA) adopted ecological footprint as a headline indicator as part of its new Integrated Regional Framework.
The North East Ecological Footprint project
WWF is working with partners in the north-east of England to look at the use of natural resources and to consider ways of reducing the region's ecological footprint.
Find out more about this project by downloading The North East Ecological Footprint project as a PDF file.
WWF in Northern Ireland
WWF Northern Ireland has been involved in the production of the Northern Limits report, the outcome of a project which measured the resource flows and ecological footprint of the Province. Using this research, WWF Northern Ireland has lobbied to have footprint included as a headline indicator in the Northern Ireland Sustainable Development Strategy, currently being developed.
WWF Northern Ireland has also commissioned a feasibility study to establish a One Planet Living community in County Antrim.
WWF in Scotland
WWF Scotland is developing a three-year "Scotland's Global Footprint" project
with local authorities in the North-east (Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire) and North Lanarkshire. This aims to transform the way people live and work in these local authority areas, enabling them to reduce their environmental impact.
As part of the project, schools will be able to examine, measure and reduce their own impact on the environment, locally and globally.
For further details visit Scotlands Global Footprint website
WWF in Wales
WWF Cymru manages a project measuring the footprint of Wales as well as comparing the Ecological Footprint of a rural council (Gwynedd Council) and an urban council (Cardiff Council). The learning from this project has influenced the development of the UK Ecological Footprint Programme.
The ecological footprints of Wales, Cardiff and Gwynedd will be presented to the Welsh Assembly Government, and to Cardiff and Gwynedd councils, early in 2005. The reports will be used to inform policy and practice in the Assembly and councils. They will also be used to raise public awareness of the lifestyle choices we all make, and how these impact on the size of our ecological footprint.
The National Assembly for Wales has chosen to adopt the ecological footprint as an indicator to measure how sustainable Wales is... or isn't, as the case may be. This makes it the first government in the world to use the ecological footprint in this way
For further details see: www.walesfootprint.org
One Planet Living
WWF's work on One Planet Living analyses ways in which we can reduce the impact of our resource consumption on the environment without reducing our quality of life. It includes:
- WWF's One Million Sustainable Homes campaign, which aims to tackle the harmful effects that our homes have on the environment - visit www.wwf.org.uk/sustainablehomes;
- WWF's Climate Change programme and the PowerSwitch! campaign, which envisage a future that leads us away from dependence on fossil fuels in favour of more sustainable and efficient energy sources - visit: taking action on climate change;
- the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), which WWF played a leading part in establishing - this is an international system for certifying that timber and paper products come from well-managed forests - visit taking action for forests; and
- the WWF-UK Forest & Trade Network, whose members such as Boots, B&Q and Sainsbury's are committed to working with WWF to increase the proportion of responsibly sourced, independently certified forest products in which they trade or consume. Visit: www.wwf.org.uk/ftn.
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