Working with Government and Parliament

The decisions of governments have lasting and important impacts on the environment. Acts of Parliament in the 20th century gave us the National Parks, Sites of Special Scientific Interest, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and controls on river pollution.

In recent years WWF-UK has been in the forefront of campaigning in the UK and the EU to change legislation and policy to protect our environment and biodiversity. Major UK campaigns have focussed on climate change, energy, housing and the protection of our marine environment. The UK government also cooperates internationally, whether through the EU, the UN, the G8 or other fora, and we use our UK and international connections to lobby on key global issues.

After the legislative announcements from the 2012 Queen's Speech, WWF will be working on a number of Government Bills. These will include reforming the UK energy market within the Energy Bill, tackling abstraction reform in the draft Water Bill, and proposals for a Green Investment Bank in the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill.

Useful links

• 2012 Living Planet Report
• Public Affairs Team
• Parliamentary Briefings

Other news

• CO2 hits highest level for 3 million years
• Elephant massacre at world heritage site - time to end wildlife crime
• Ivory emergency: CITES could penalise countries who don’t tackle illegal trade

Parliamentary correspondence

Reply from treasury minister Rt Hon Greg Clark MP to WWF CEO David Nussbaum re Multiannual Financial Framework, 15/1/2013

Latest tweets

• 20/05/13 > WWF_UK_Politics: WWF_UK_Politics: BBC summarize the growing interest of deep sea mining of mineral nodules by private/public companies in the Pacific http://t.co/NPIWJppnZH
• 17/05/13 > WWF_UK_Politics: WWF_UK_Politics: An interesting critique of NGO engagement/advocacy to-date towards sustainability and financial investors http://t.co/bWsD1iWQje @guardian
• 17/05/13 > WWF_UK_Politics: WWF_UK_Politics: Interview w/ @WWFSouthAfrica on their work w/ other NGOs, business & Govt to safeguard the SA natural environment http://t.co/D1ZZwW1yTZ
• 17/05/13 > WWF_UK_Politics: WWF_UK_Politics: How Coca-Cola is reducing its water footprint per liter w/ WWF & improving the rivers they abstract from in the UK http://t.co/cYPHeDU7ky
• 16/05/13 > WWF_UK_Politics: WWF_UK_Politics: @JohnMorrisHello we used the word 'connect' but science's comprehension of the climate puts the answer somewhere in the middle currently
• 16/05/13 > WWF_UK_Politics: WWF_UK_Politics: World's most extraordinary species mapped for the first time - @guardian interactive http://t.co/udULzWVs8g