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The 2024 WWF Plastic Policy Summit highlighted the urgent need for a coordinated, multi-sector approach to end plastic pollution. Key recommendations include implementing legally binding global and national policies, such as Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), prioritizing environmental justice for fenceline communities, and shifting from voluntary initiatives to legislative mandates for reduction and reuse. The report emphasizes that while data gaps exist, current evidence justifies immediate action through product redesign, the activation of existing U.S. federal authorities, and the scaling of reuse infrastructure in cities.

The WWF Blueprint for Credible Action on Plastic Pollution outlines a strategic framework for businesses to move from measuring their plastic impact to investing in systemic circular solutions. It emphasizes the elimination of unnecessary plastics, the shift to sustainable sourcing, and the importance of advocating for a legally binding global treaty to end plastic pollution.

The 2024 update of the Living Planet Index for migratory freshwater fishes reveals a catastrophic global decline of 81% in population abundance from 1970 to 2020. The report identifies habitat degradation, loss, and overexploitation as the primary drivers of these declines, with the most severe regional losses occurring in Latin America & Caribbean (-91%) and Europe (-75%). While managed populations declined less than unmanaged ones, the report highlights a mismatch between the prevalence of habitat-related threats and the dominance of fisheries-focused management.

The ARCA project is a GEF-8 initiative focused on the Caatinga biome in Brazil, with a total GEF financing of $9,771,000. The project seeks to create approximately 100,000 hectares of new protected areas (PAs) and improve the management effectiveness of 4.58 million hectares across seven confirmed PAs. Key components include the implementation of National Action Plans for Endangered Species Conservation (PANs), combating illegal wildlife poaching and trafficking, and providing $732,155 for capacity building and sub-grants to Indigenous Peoples, Traditional Peoples, and Local Communities (IP/TP&LC). The project also aims to mitigate an estimated 48.8 million tons of CO2e over a 20-year period as a co-benefit of improved PA management.

The document examines how collusive corruption—agreements between public officials and private individuals to defraud resources—undermines community-based natural resource management (CBNRM). Using a hypothetical scenario based on timber auction fraud in Nepal, it illustrates how contractors, sawmill owners, local politicians, and forest agents coordinate to bypass regulations. To counter this, the guide proposes behavioral science interventions: addressing 'present bias' by monetizing future losses, increasing the prominence of illegal logging's negative impacts, challenging the perception of informal payments as 'reciprocity', and rewarding integrity among youth and officials. It advocates for a holistic approach that combines individual and institutional prevention and persuasion strategies to foster collective ownership of sustainable forest practices.

The document examines how collusive corruption—where officials and private individuals collaborate to violate rules—undermines community-based natural resource management (CBNRM). Using a hypothetical scenario based on timber auction rigging in Nepal, it illustrates how sawmill owners, contractors, local politicians, and forest officials form networks of mutual support and reciprocity to defraud communities. To counter this, the guide proposes behavioral science interventions: addressing 'present bias' by monetizing long-term losses, using 'salience bias' to make illegal logging impacts more emotionally resonant, and challenging the perception that informal payments are not corruption. It recommends cultivating 'champions' among youth and integrity-driven community members, providing incentives for honest law enforcement, and transitioning brokers into certified service providers. The guide concludes with a framework for prevention and persuasion at both individual and institutional levels.

The TNRC project provided a comprehensive framework for integrating anti-corruption measures into conservation, producing over 170 knowledge resources and training 1,200+ NGO staff. It emphasizes a three-step approach: learning basics, conducting corruption-aware situation analysis, and adapting programming through six thematic pillars. Key achievements include the creation of the Countering Environmental Corruption Practitioners Forum and the institutionalization of anti-corruption strategies within WWF and TRAFFIC.

The document operationalizes 12 integrity principles for benefit-sharing mechanisms (BSMs) in nature-based solutions (NbS) through four governance pillars: full and effective participation, transparency and accountability, fairness, and effectiveness. It provides a framework for conducting jurisdictional context analysis and offers specific guidance on identifying stakeholders, avoiding elite capture, managing resource flows, and establishing grievance redress mechanisms to ensure that environmental results translate into equitable socioeconomic benefits.

The document operationalizes WWF's integrity principles for benefit-sharing mechanisms (BSM) in nature-based solutions (NbS). It organizes the implementation process into four pillars of good governance: full and effective participation, transparency and accountability, equity, and effectiveness. The guide provides a diagnostic framework for assessing jurisdictional contexts—including governance, economy, and land tenure—and offers specific strategies to mitigate risks such as elite capture, corruption, and negative social impacts. It emphasizes the need for inclusive decision-making processes, accessible grievance redress mechanisms, and the balancing of monetary and non-monetary benefits to ensure a net positive socio-economic outcome for all stakeholders.

The 2023 assessment of 40 banks reveals that while 23% showed improvements in managing E&S risks in the seafood sector, overall performance remains low with an average score of 21%. Asian banks drove most of the year-on-year progress and the issuance of new blue financial products, while European banks maintained the most robust policies. Despite growing awareness of nature-related financial risks, only 30% of assessed banks have seafood-specific policies, and many lack granular expectations for aquaculture and downstream clients.

The document outlines a four-pillar framework for the 'good governance' of benefit-sharing mechanisms (BSM) in nature-based solutions (NbS). It focuses on ensuring that monetary and non-monetary incentives generated by environmental outcomes are distributed equitably. The guide provides specific operational questions and challenges regarding stakeholder engagement, transparency, social justice, and the effectiveness of resource flows, with a strong emphasis on preventing 'elite capture' and protecting vulnerable groups.

The document examines how collusive corruption—where public officials and private individuals collaborate to violate rules—threatens community-based natural resource management (CBNRM). Using a hypothetical scenario based on timber auction rigging in Nepal, it maps the motivations of sawmill owners, contractors, political leaders, and forestry officials. To counter this, the guide proposes behavioral science interventions to address 'present bias' and 'salience bias' among community members, challenge the normalization of bribery, and create incentives for integrity among officials and private sector actors.

WWF proposes a 'start then strengthen' approach for the global Plastic Pollution Treaty, focusing on five priority plastic applications for reuse: prefilled beverage bottles, takeaway food and beverage containers, on-site single-use products, consumer delivery packaging, and B2B closed-loop packaging. The report advocates for binding global reuse targets, harmonised definitions, and minimum performance standards for both products and systems to prevent 'reuse in name only'. It emphasizes that a global treaty is necessary to overcome market failures and high start-up costs that hinder individual business adoption of reuse systems. Recommended implementation tools include Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes, deposit return systems (DRS), and multilateral funding to support a just transition, particularly for low-income countries and informal waste pickers.

The Targeting Natural Resource Corruption (TNRC) project, implemented from 2018 to 2024 by WWF and a consortium of partners, focused on mitigating the impact of corruption on biodiversity, fisheries, and forests. With a $10 million knowledge project and $20 million in country-based investments, the initiative developed over 150 resources via a Knowledge Hub and trained more than 1,200 NGO staff. The project field-tested anti-corruption interventions in six countries and co-founded the Countering Environmental Practitioners Forum, which now includes over 600 global members.

The author argues that food waste is a critical but often overlooked component of climate action plans, noting that food waste in the US generates 170 million metric tons of CO2 emissions annually. The document highlights the EPA's $4.6 billion CPRG program as a key funding opportunity for governments to implement scalable waste reduction projects, citing California's Senate Bill 1383 as a model for curbing organic waste in landfills.

A group of environmental organizations urges the Biden administration to implement a national strategy to end plastic pollution by 2040, citing a low national residential recycling rate of 21% and the threat of plastic waste tripling in oceans by 2040. The letter proposes five key areas for action: establishing national reduction targets, advancing a circular economy through Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), improving waste infrastructure, prioritizing environmental justice, and advocating for a legally binding global plastics agreement.

The document argues that Ukraine's transition to a sustainable economy requires confronting powerful financial-industrial interest groups that have historically profited from resource extraction and corruption. It recommends integrating anti-corruption and environmental agendas, increasing community-led decentralised recovery, and leveraging wartime self-help initiatives in energy and agriculture to ensure a truly green reconstruction.

The Greening Transportation Infrastructure Development (GRID) Integrated Program, approved by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in February 2024, provides nearly $27 million over five years to mainstream biodiversity into transportation infrastructure. Led by WWF with support from ADB and UNEP, the program implements national projects in Malaysia, Nepal, the Philippines, Suriname, and Ukraine. These projects focus on improving policy environments, participatory planning, innovative financing, and technical capacity to create nature-positive, low-carbon, and climate-resilient infrastructure, such as ports and highways.

The midterm review finds that while the project's design remains relevant, its overall effectiveness is low, with few measurable outcomes achieved relative to the ~70 million USD investment. Key impediments include significant delays in initiation, inadequate organizational capacity within the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF), and a lack of alignment between the project's Theory of Change and implemented activities. The report highlights a critical need to shift resources toward community-level interventions (Component B), improve monitoring and evaluation systems to track behavior change, and strengthen the Project Steering Committee to better mobilize co-financing and ensure long-term sustainability.

The WWF Markets Institute highlights the need for a systemic global transformation of food systems to address climate change and population growth. Key trends include a rapid increase in extreme weather events and a shift toward understanding soil as a biome. The report advocates for market mechanisms that reflect the true environmental cost of food and warns that the rapid adoption of AI may outpace public sector regulation and exacerbate inequality.