Story | 01 Dec, 2022
IUCN WCEL Early-Career Voices: In Conversation with Aditi Shetye
In this month’s ‘Early-Career Voices’ we sat down with Ms. Aditi Shetye, Executive Assistant of the IUCN WCEL Climate Change Law Specialist Group, and Academic Taskforce Co-ordinator at World's Youth for Climate Justice (WYCJ), to learn more about her exciting path into international climate…
DG Statement | 01 Dec, 2022
IUCN Director General’s open letter to Members ahead of UN CBD COP 15
Dear IUCN Members,
As IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), we have an enormous responsibility. Since 1948, we have been the global authority keeping our finger on the pulse of biodiversity.
IUCN event
Members of the Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management and its partners will present their work illustrating the dependence of IPLCs on wild species, the various forms of benefit they derive from these resources, and how sustainable use of wild species contributes to…
IUCN event
This side event will introduce the Global Species Action Plan and its Online Knowledge Platform and explain how it can support Parties and other stakeholders implement the Post-2020 GBF to achieve the needed species outcomes.
News | 18 Nov, 2022
Led by IUCN, a manual to support EU Member States and other stakeholders with incorporating animal welfare into their management of invasive alien species (IAS) of Union concern has been published.
IUCN event
Shaping the climate and nature convergence to address the intertwined crises
Science is clear that we cannot address the climate crisis without addressing the biodiversity one, and vice versa. Yet now they occur in parallel processes within the UNFCCC and CBD, respectively, with insufficient alignment. The challenge of how to find and strengthen convergence remains.
Story | 11 Nov, 2022
Wildlife in a changing climate
Over 6,000 animals, fungi and plants at risk of extinction are threatened by climate change and severe weather on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, across every region of the world.
Story | 03 Nov, 2022
Prof. Bugge and Justice Benjamin received the recognition during the closing ceremony of the IUCN WCEL 2022 Oslo International Environmental Law Conference, held in October at the University of Oslo.
IUCN event
Launch of the 2022 IUCN situation analysis on intertidal wetlands in the Yellow Sea
This event, supported by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries of the Republic of Korea and facilitated by IUCN and the EAAFP Secretariat, will provide an opportunity for three Ramsar Contracting Parties (PRC, DPRK and RoK), experts and partners from the Yellow Sea region to consider the key…
News | 20 Oct, 2022
Plastic waste and pollution affect every part of the globe and every ecosystem. Innovative solutions that use recycled plastic material for reusable food containers, construction materials, furniture, and partnerships for bottle-to-bottle recycling are highlighted in the eight business plans and…