Course/training
Finance for Nature Professional Certificate – 3rd edition
Join this course to identify how the Nature-Finance Nexus is relevant to your organisation and develop a personal project (a policy, a product or a campaign) to kick-start change towards a nature-positive future.
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 | 02 Feb, 2024
In a significant stride toward sustainable blue carbon restoration, the Blue Carbon Accelerator Fund (BCAF) has unveiled the four winners of its latest Readiness call for project proposals. These exceptional projects stood out for their innovative approaches to differing challenges in the…
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).
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.
Information brief
Contributing to Climate Action through Restoration
Land-use change and degradation have reduced the potential for natural carbon sequestration and adversely affected ecosystem resilience. Restoration can play a major role in enhancing the capacity of ecosystems to sequester carbon by removing degradation and assisting in the recovery of…