IUCN SSC Climate Change Specialist Group

More about the Specialist Group

The Climate Change Specialist Group (CCSG) aims to make a significant contribution to strengthening nature conservation in a changing climate. By fostering collaboration between climate change and biodiversity experts working at the interface between science, policy and practice, we have three key objectives: 

1. To provide the IUCN Species Survival Commission with strategic guidance, support and information on climate change related risks to biodiversity and conservation responses
2. To promote coordinated responses to climate change within and among the IUCN Species Survival Commission, IUCN programmes and IUCN partner organizations
3. To catalyse and support sound science, effective policy and evidence-based conservation practice informed by a deeper understanding of climate change, its impacts on biodiversity, and the responses required. 

Specialist Group work

The overall goal of this theme is to assess the vulnerability of species to future climate change. Our activities for the next few years are organized in three related directions; species assessments, vulnerability science, and guidance and tools.

Relevant Documents

• Innovation in Climate Adaptation: Harnessing Innovation for Effective Biodiversity and Ecosystem Adaptation

This guide is a collaboration among National Wildlife Federation, the US Geological Survey Climate Adaptation Science Center Network, and the IUCN SSC Climate Change Specialist Group. Innovation in Climate Adaptation draws on lessons from other sectors—including business and technology—to explore the theory and practice of innovation in the context of climate adaptation and natural resource management.