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IUCN Leaders Forum

A unique, annual platform for debate and consensus-building

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Building on the momentum of IUCN World Conservation Congresses, IUCN has launched the IUCN Leaders Forum, a new series of high-level events, to convene global leaders more frequently on key topics of relevance to the international agenda. 

The first edition took place in 2022 in Jeju, South Korea under the theme "building nature-positive economies and societies". Since then, two more editions have been hosted by Geneva, Switzerland in 2023 and 2024, focused on the themes of "global goals for nature: tracking progress, financing", and "harnessing innovation, enabling conservation".