Story | 19 Oct, 2021
Marine Heatwaves: a serious threat to marine biodiversity and livelihoods
Back in 2011, extremely warm water temperatures persisting over thousands of kilometres along the coastline of Western Australia caused coral bleaching, mass die-out of marine life and wiped out kelp forests. Since then, this phenomenon of abnormally high-water temperatures has been recorded in…
Story | 13 Oct, 2021
Plankton are the superstars of the ocean and MAPMAKER is the tool that follows them
Without marine plankton our planet would be a different place. Future projections and impact metrics of plankton diversity around the world are now able to be seen graphically through the MAPMAKER tool. MAPMAKER's new visualisation tools allow data-driven decision-making on marine biodiversity…
Story | 13 Sep, 2021
New Chair of IUCN WCEL: Prof. Dr. Christina Voigt
The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s World Conservation Congress in Marseille, France, elected Professor Dr. Christina Voigt as new Chair for the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law.
Story | 06 Aug, 2021
WCEL Hosts African Environmental Law Congress
By Ayman Cherkaoui - On Wednesday 28 July and Thursday 29 July, 2021, participants from around the world gathered in Bouknadel, Morocco and online for the African Environmental Law Congress, organized by the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) in collaboration with the United…
Story | 06 Aug, 2021
International Symposium on Environmental Law
On Thursday 2 September and Friday 3 September, 2021, the Normandie Chair for Peace (NCP), International Council of Environmental Law (ICEL), and IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) will host the International Symposium on Environmental Law “Peace…
Story | 19 Jul, 2021
WCEL Hosts Inter-American Environmental Law Congress
By WCEL Deputy Chair Nicholas Bryner - On Thursday, July 8, and Friday, July 9, participants from around the world gathered in Mexico City and online for the Inter-American Environmental Law Congress, organized by the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) in collaboration with the…
Story | 02 Jul, 2021
Inaugural IUCN Oceania Environmental Law Congress
Suva, Fiji 14 to 16 July 2021
Story | 25 Jun, 2021
“Getting to Zero”: Policy Options and Legal Measures for Climate Change Mitigation and Land Use
By Fabiano de Andrade Corrêa - Members of the IUCN WCEL Climate Change Specialists Group collaborated on a Special Issue of the Carbon & Climate Law Review on the role of legislation in the land sector to achieve the climate neutrality goal of the Paris Agreement.