IUCN's Future of Sustainability initiative explored the role of the conservation sector in the global transition to sustainability and helped  guide the direction of the Union towards achieving its vision and mission in the 21st century.

Key questions explored were:

What are the major sustainability challenges of the 21st century?

What does sustainability mean - in the context of climate change and peak oil?

How can the conservation and environmental movement make the step-change necessary to address 21st centuty challenges?

What will conservation look like in 20 or 50 years' time?