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Animal welfare as a key pillar of environmental action at UNEA-7
From 8–12 December 2025, governments will gather in Nairobi for the seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7), the world’s…
Animals at the Amazon COP
From November 10th to 21st, WFA joined governments from around the world in Belém, Brazil, for COP30, the latest round of global negotiations…
#Animals4AMR: How animal welfare helps prevent antimicrobial resistance
As part of this year’s World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW), the Action Group on Animal Welfare – AMR Nexus, led by World Federation for Animals (WFA), and supported by…
African leaders back new Wildlife for Climate Declaration ahead of COP31: recognising urgent need for wildlife protection for sake of climate
Key outcomes for animals on the road to COP17
COP30 Brazil: Putting animals at the heart of climate action
Five new members join the World Federation for Animals
An IUCN resolution recognized wild animals as climate allies. It was about time.
On October 10, the International Union for Conservation of Nature adopted a resolution to mobilize the role of wild animals in ecosystems as a climate solution.
WFA Board met to advance strategic planning for 2026 and beyond
On 21st and 22nd October 2025, the WFA Board convened at the FOUR PAWS Headquarters in Vienna, Austria, for its annual in-person…
World Federation for Animals joins the WHO Civil Society Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance
The World Federation for Animals (WFA) has this week been welcomed onto the World Health Organization (WHO) Civil Society Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). WFA joins representatives…
The many ways animals are saving the planet and us
To meet the Sustainable Development Goals, Prioritize Animal Welfare
Resolution passed at IUCN Congress elevates role of wild animals in climate change
We’re speaking for animals in Panama
Why climate policy needs to include food systems: A conversation with Mercy For Animals
At the UN Climate Summit 2025, Mercy For Animals, a WFA Founding Member, unveiled an ambitious new tool: a scorecard assessing how national climate plans…
Remembering Dr Jane Goodall
The animal welfare movement is remembering the force for nature that was Dr Jane Goodall, who died this week aged 91. For many of us who live and breathe animal welfare…
#CelebrateAllAnimals: Stories from WFA members for World Animal Day 2025
What brought the member organisations of the World Federation for Animals (WFA) to this work? What made us want to speak up for animals? This World Animal Day, WFA is sharing those stories — to show why animals matter…
