Story | 15 Jun, 2021
Launch of new website on Water Law, Governance and Diplomacy
There is nothing quite as important as water for nature integrity, human health and sustainable development. Our own survival depends on it, this is a universally accepted truth. How to manage water equitably and reasonably, especially across borders, however is not so clear-cut.
Story | 08 Jun, 2021
World Oceans Day 2021: a new opportunity for law to step up
World Oceans Day is here again and this year seems to be as meaningful as it is challenging for ocean governance. Never before has the connection between nature and human health been more evident for our generations. The effects of the pandemic, both positive and negative, have been portrayed by…
Story | 07 Jun, 2021
Ocean Acidification: The what, where, how, why and what next on this major ocean issue
In the last 200 years, the ocean has taken up around 30% of all CO2 emissions and this absorption has altered the production of calcium carbonate in oceanic waters, causing the phenomenon known as Ocean Acidification (OA). Our new web story provides a high-level look at all impacts of this…
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
Impacts of COVID-19 and Climate Change on Indigenous Peoples: a Virtual Dialogue
CEESP Virtual Dialogue on the Impacts of COVID-19 and Climate Change on Indigenous Peoples
IUCN CEESP and the Specialist Group on Indigenous Peoples, Customary & Environmental Laws & Human Rights (SPICEH) discussed the status of Indigenous Peoples in the face of climate change…
Story | 28 May, 2021
Report: Mainstreaming Blue Nature-Based Solutions into Infrastructure Finance
The challenge is massive – to swiftly move away from a business-as-usual financing approach largely tailored to generating and perpetuating infrastructure that is both grey and vulnerable, towards blue finance solutions. This new report looks at efforts by different Multilateral Development…
Story | 27 May, 2021
The ocean and the UNFCCC Global Stocktake: What does this mean?
What the ocean means to the Global Stocktake (GST) has been analysed by multiple conservation organisations in this new report. The conclusion? The ocean, as a central part in the Earth's climate system, must also be central to the UNFCCC’s GST.
Story | 12 May, 2021
What makes conservation effective? A community perspective
A video is now available of the public event held April 20, 2021, to celebrate the launch of the new CCRN book, co-published by IUCN-CEESP: Communities, Conservation and Livelihoods.
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…
Story | 26 Apr, 2021
The study and prevention of environmental harm and crimes
CEESP News: by José Luis Carpio-Domínguez & Inés Arroyo-Quiroz *