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.
Story | 19 Jun, 2021
Environmental Liability and Biodiversity Webinar
Friday 25 June, 2021 16:00-18:00 CEST
Story | 17 Jun, 2021
Exploring the potential for marine OECMs in the Mediterranean
IUCN along with the World Commission for Protected Areas (WCPA), the IUCN Commission on Ecosystems Management - Fisheries Expert Group and other international organisations are promoting conservation beyond protected areas by providing guidance on identifying, recognising, supporting and…
Story | 31 May, 2021
31 May - 4 June 2021
Today's webinar : Climate Change and the Law: Dynamics between Legislation and Litigation
Story | 28 May, 2021
Space Lens for Transformational Change
By Ning Li - SpaceX has made numerous eyebrow-raising headlines in the past 10-15 years - that does not look likely to change.
Press release | 19 May, 2021
World met target for protected area coverage on land, but quality must improve
Story | 14 May, 2021
IUCN-WCEL Environment Week will be held online 31 May to 4 June
The IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) is pleased to announce WCEL-IUCN Environment Week, a 5-day webinar series exploring environmental law solutions. The webinars will focus on the environmental declarations since the Stockholm Conference, as well as the role of environmental…
Story | 29 Apr, 2021
Condolence Message on the Passing of Professor Charles Odidi Okidi
The environmental law community recently learned of the passing of one of our preeminent scholars, Professor Charles Odidi Okidi. As a champion for nature, Prof. Okidi was among a select group of visionaries appointed as honorary WCEL members, in recognition of their outstanding lifelong…
Press release | 28 Apr, 2021
Sustainable management of natural resources can reduce risk of armed conflict – IUCN report
Gland, Switzerland, 28 April 2021 (IUCN) – Countries where natural resources such as agricultural land and water become scarce or degraded tend to be more conflict-prone, a new IUCN report finds. The report concludes that conserving and sustainably managing natural resources…