Story | 11 Feb, 2021
The French Climate Cases: Legal Basis and Broader Meaning
By Prof. Dr. L. Lavrysen
Story | 01 Feb, 2021
Each year, the international community celebrates World Wetlands Day on the 2nd February, a day to put a spotlight on the state of our wetlands globally. Organised by the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, the 2021 theme focuses on the intrinsic link…
Story | 27 Jan, 2021
Courtrooms are a New Frontier in Combating the Climate Crisis
The United Nations Environment Programme has released the UNEP Global Climate Litigation Report: 2020 Status Review. This critical report provides an overview of the current state of climate change litigation globally, as well as an assessment of global climate change…
Story | 18 Dec, 2020
In early December 2020, the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL), in collaboration with the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law, hosted the virtual 2020 WCEL Climate Justice Moot Court.
Story | 11 Nov, 2020
Race to Zero Dialogues: Climate action requires water action
During the original dates of the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 (9-19 November 2020), a UNFCCC virtual campaign labelled ‘Race to Zero Dialogues’ is taking place instead. In the form of a two-week series of over 100 online events, the Dialogues focus on concrete action to support the world’s…
Story | 23 Sep, 2020
IUCN mourns the loss of leading conservationist Georgina Mace
IUCN is deeply saddened by the passing of eminent conservationist Professor Dame Georgina Mace – a leader in the fight against global biodiversity loss, who made key contributions to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and the Union at large…
Story | 15 Sep, 2020
IUCN Standard to support global action on invasive alien species
IUCN today launched a global standard for classifying the severity and type of impacts caused by alien species, known as the Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (EICAT). This tool will alert scientists, conservation practitioners and policy makers to the potential consequences of…
Publication | 2020
IUCN EICAT categories and criteria : first edition
A unified classification of alien taxa based on the magnitude of their environmental impacts has been developed in response to these issues. EICAT (Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa) is a simple, objective and transparent method for classifying alien taxa in terms of the …
Story | 05 Aug, 2020
The IUCN SSC/WCPA Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force (“the Task Force”) today announces the approval of thirteen new Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) in the Extended Southern Ocean Region.
Story | 10 Jul, 2020
Climate Change Law in the European Union and the European Green Deal
By Prof. Dr. Luc Lavrysen - During two webinars organized by the Symbiosis Law School, Naida (3 July 2020) and Chandigarh University, India (4 July 2020), participants were updated on recent developments in the climate change law and policy in the European Union.…