Policy brief | 2024
A global plastics treaty and biodiversity: converging or conflicting regimes?
In this brief, IUCN presents its proposal for a specific article on “Biodiversity Aspects” in the future Plastics Treaty.
Story | 22 Mar, 2024
IUCN participates in historic climate change proceedings before World Court
"Watershed moment" is a term often used too loosely, but not this time. It is not every day that the International Court of Justice – the highest judicial body of the United Nations, also known as the World Court – deals with climate change. In fact, this is the first time!
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 | 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.
Story | 29 Nov, 2023
The conference took place between 22 and 23 November 2023 in Monaco and highlighted the important role of robust, transparent, and inclusive forest governance.