IUCN event
Rising to the challenge: Driving gender-responsive and inclusive climate actions
With 100+ decisions under the auspices of UNFCCC that include gender mandates, the Parties to UNFCCC have agreed that gender equality considerations and women’s participation are essential to climate solutions. Despite this international framework, there is still a long way to go to ensure that…
IUCN event
Global Leadership on Blue Carbon: Keys to Success
A joint event with the Blue Carbon Initiative (CI, IUCN and IOC-UNESCO) and the International Partnership for Blue Carbon (IPBC) highlighting blue carbon leadership and initiatives globally and sharing best practices from both blue carbon policy and project level developments.
IUCN event
Partnerships to accelerate action to protect blue carbon ecosystems for mitigation and adaptation
The side event aims at demonstrating how partnerships across different sectors are key to driving credible action for the protection and restoration of blue carbon ecosystems (mangroves, seagrasses, tidal marshes), contributing to climate change mitigation, adaptation, biodiversity, ocean…
Position paper | 2022
IUCN position paper for UNFCCC COP27
UNFCCC COP27 is taking place at a time of considerable global turmoil, with growing economic hardship and food and energy insecurity worsening the effects of a still ongoing pandemic. Yet, as the extreme weather events of 2022 – catastrophic floods, droughts and hurricanes – illustrate, the…
Story | 24 Oct, 2022
Recognising diverse knowledge systems is essential for effective climate change policy
CEESP News: Neil Dawson, IUCN CEESP Chair of Human Wellbeing and Sustainable Livelihoods.
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…
Large event
IUCN participated in the CBD COP15 in Montreal to advocate for a post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework that sets coherent and ambitious goals and targets to halt and reverse the loss of biodiversity by 2030.
News | 05 Oct, 2022
IUCN and Sails of Change launch Sports for Nature partnership to help sports become nature-positive
London, UK, 5 October 2022 – At the Sport Positive Summit at Wembley Stadium, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Sails of Change today announced a new partnership to help sports organisations mitigate negative impacts on biodiversity and climate and encourage…