Blog | 09 Mar, 2024
Key messages from the webinar on science-policy interfaces & environmental rule of law
The IUCN WCEL Early Career Specialist Group hosted a webinar discussing challenges relating to science-policy interfaces and the environmental rule of law, with a focus on ocean governance.
Story | 23 Feb, 2024
WCEL members and other leading international environmental law experts have called for the urgent prioritisation of environmental law education in order to accelerate global achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Story | 21 Feb, 2024
Nature-based Education championed by CEC Delegation at 12th WEEC
A dynamic delegation of over 20 members of IUCN’s Commission on Education and Communication (CEC) participated in the 12th World Environmental Education Congress in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, January 29 - February 3, 2024.
Story | 22 Jan, 2024
The contributions were compiled and systematized through a consultation process with IUCN Members and Commissions in the region, and officially delivered to the Secretariat of the Escazú Agreement.
Story | 08 Jan, 2024
IUCN WCEL contributes to publication on the 50 years of the Endangered Species Act (ESA)
The contribution, authored by Grethel Aguilar Rojas and Nicholas A. Robinson, was published in the Policy Forum of Science Magazine (December issue).
Story | 03 Jan, 2024
Commission on Education and Communication (CEC) at COP28
For global leaders at COP28, members of IUCN’s CEC shine spotlight on the power of education to tackle the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss
File | 2023
Measuring the effectiveness of environmental law through legal indicators and quality analyses
Efforts to assess the effectiveness of environmental law through legal indicators are indispensable at a time when environmental law and its effective implementation and enforcement are crucial in the global transformation towards a sustainable society. Environmental law requires tools which…
Page | 30 Nov, 2023
Islands, Nature & Renewable Energy Law Project (INRELP)
Working closely with island climate change and energy stakeholders, the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law Climate Change Law Specialist Group Islands, Nature & Renewable Energy Law Project (INRELP) developed policy recommendations with the goal of enhancing renewable energy,…
Information brief | 2023
The Role of Law in Enabling a Just Transition
This brief focuses on the international, regional, and national legal and policy developments on “Just Transition”, and particularly the importance of optimising the relevant legal instruments for accelerated and equitable climate action in the context of fossil fuels phase-out.