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Other brief 2025Well-managed and conserved grasslands play key but often unrecognised roles in countering climate change. Benefits come through the provision of ecosystem services to help us adapt to a changing… -
Explainer brief 2025The role of healthy ecosystems in supporting climate-resilient communities is well established through the framing of Nature-based Solutions (NbS). Ecosystems can provide buffers against climate… -
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Other brief 2025UNEA represents a key moment for governments, international organisations, civil society, businesses, women and youth to gather and discuss the world’s most pressing environmental issues. IUCN’s… -
Grey literature 20252025A guide developed by a coalition of education experts to empower the education sector to drive action for the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. -
Position paper 2025IUCN presents views and recommendations on selected issues and agenda items of CoP20 for Parties' consideration. -
Other brief 2025AimTo foster a decision, at UNFCCC COP30, that: recognises the importance of synergies between climate change mitigation/adaptation and biodiversity for achieving the goals of the… -
Other brief 2025Unlocking the Power of Forests for Climate ActionAs COP30 convenes in Belém, in the heart of the Amazon, forests are at the centre of the global climate agenda. They are among the… -
Issues brief• Natural World Heritage sites are recognised as places of ‘Outstanding Universal Value’ under the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention.• While natural World Heritage sites make up less than 1% of…
