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The Western Balkans is facing increasingly severe climate change impacts, including rising temperatures, extreme weather events, floods, droughts, and forest fires. These climate challenges not only threaten biodiversity but also jeopardize the livelihoods, health, and well-being of local…

FEBAis a global collaborative network of 100+ organizations with a shared interest in advancing awareness, understanding and uptake of nature-based solutions in adaptation and resilience efforts and planning processes around the world. FEBA convenes the global adaptation community around expert…

The Global EbA Fund provides targeted and rapid support through seed capital for innovative approaches to ecosystem-based adaptation. The Fund aims to encourage catalytic initiatives to help overcome barriers for upscaling EbA, address the gaps in knowledge and planning for EbA, as well as to…

Ecosystems are vital for life and are a prominent aspect of the Global Biodiversity Framework, which aims to protect and restore biodiversity.

The COVID-19 pandemic illuminated the profound interdependence between environmental health and human health, bringing these issues to the forefront of policy discussions. It has become increasingly evident that our health is deeply influenced by the state of the natural landscapes around us.…

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) hosted the conference “ADAPT: Nature-based Solutions for Climate Action in the Western Balkans” in Belgrade, Serbia.

IUCN will be online and onsite at World Water Week in Stockholm, 25-29 August, organising official events, participating in others, and attending even more. We look forward to seeing you there or online, and welcome your participation and outreach.

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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…

The body responsible for the protection of Antarctica’s precious life, The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), has just completed a special meeting in Santiago, Chile. IUCN participated as an observer promoting independent science and urging delegates…

For two days, decision-makers, policy leaders, experts, and practitioners from Central Asia discussed scaling up Nature-based Solutions for resilient landscapes and communities in the region.