IUCN Policy Brief on Sea Level Rise
In occasion of the High-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on addressing the existential threats posed by sea level rise held in September 2024, IUCN developed a policy brief to guide its efforts.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), in accordance with its objective to influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable, is gravely concerned about the implications of sea level rise and other impacts of climate change for people and the planet; and notes with alarm the increase in the rate of sea level rise and its multiple impacts. It is imperative for the international community to take decisive action.
The IUCN Director General Dr. Grethel Aguilar presented IUCN's views in the expert panels focused on the legal dimension of sea level rise.