Story | 08 Jul, 2010
Enhancing capacities and coordination to cope with climate change effects
Story | 08 Jul, 2010
Climate Change in the Daurian Steppe
Story | 08 Jul, 2010
One billion hectares of lost forests could be restored
“Across the globe lie more than a billion hectares of lost and degraded forest land that could be restored”, according to the Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration, which includes IUCN. It’s a vast area – an area greater than China – with the potential to enrich communities, their…
Story | 16 Jun, 2010
arborvitae Issue 41 - Forest finance
Forest finance
Livelihoods and landscapes: So far, the expectations of PES as a market-based solution for conservation and development have not been met. Feature: Do public goods always have to remain public? REDD: We cannot wait to act on REDD-plus. Local forests: Why, despite…Story | 14 Jun, 2010
A Framework for social adaptation to climate change : sustaining tropical coastal communitites and industries
Press release | 10 Jun, 2010
Signs of renewed confidence in Bonn, but action still urgent
Climate talks in Bonn healed some of the wounds left by the great disappointment of the Copenhagen Climate Summit last December. Following two weeks of talks under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), there is now renewed hope that the building blocks for a global climate deal…
Press release | 08 Jun, 2010
Coasts of life: helping tropical seaside communities cope with climate change
Climate change is hitting coastal areas hard: rises in sea levels, ocean acidification, extreme events, bleaching and death of coral are all climate impacts which will require adjustments socially and economically. A new IUCN report, published today, provides practical guidance for coastal…
Story | 07 Jun, 2010
A Framework for Social Adaptation to Climate Change
A Framework for Social Adaptation to Climate Change - Sustaining Tropical Coastal Communities & Industries
Press release | 30 May, 2010
Climate action needed now - talks continue
As climate negotiations resume today at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting in Bonn, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) urges delegates to establish a post-2012 global climate change regime.