Story | 14 Sep, 2018
IUCN brings Nature-based Solutions to the Global Climate Action Summit
At an affiliate event in San Francisco, IUCN and partners showcase how investing in nature builds human resilience
Story | 13 Jul, 2018
Evaluating indigenous and local peoples’ connections with nature: an ecosystem services framework
CEESP News - by Kamaljit K. Sangha; Research Fellow, Charles Darwin University, Australia
Indigenous and local peoples’ connections with nature are not only limited to the benefits or services people derive from ecosystems, as considered by international frameworks, but also entail…
Story | 14 May, 2018
Research to determine whether ocean plastics accelerate Arctic melt
IUCN and academic partners are conducting research in the Arctic and Baltic regions to establish to what extent plastic particles accelerate ice melt in the Arctic Circle. Dark plastic particles attract sunlight, warm up and melt the ice around it. The ongoing …
Story | 23 Jan, 2018
IUCN reviews eight World Heritage nominations for 2018
The IUCN World Heritage Panel recently gathered in Gland, Switzerland to review eight natural areas nominated for potential inscription on the World Heritage List in 2018. Among these sites, three are in Asia, two in Europe, while the remaining three are located in North America, South America…
Story | 16 Nov, 2017
Bonn, Germany – At the UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP23) in Bonn, Germany, IUCN shared its plans for increased effort to enhance countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) by building on the Bonn Challenge and existing forest landscape restoration commitments.
Story | 06 Oct, 2017
2nd Inter-American Congress on the Environmental Rule of Law Convenes in Santiago (Chile)
On September 4-6, the Organization of American States (OAS), UN Environment, the Global Judicial Institute on the Environment (GJIE), the World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL), the Supreme Court of Chile, and other partners convened the 2nd Inter-American Congress on the Environmental…
Story | 06 Oct, 2017
Meeting of the Environmental Justice Committee of the Ibero-American Judicial Summit
On Saturday, 2 September, 2017, judicial leaders from across Ibero-America met at the Supreme Court of Chile, in advance of the 2nd Inter-American Congress on the Environmental Rule of Law. The meeting and the Congress were co-sponsored by the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law, the…
Story | 26 Sep, 2017
Richard Ottinger: 2017 ABA Environmental Distinguished Achievement Award
Long-time WCEL Member Richard Ottinger has received the 2017 Award for Distinguished Achievement in Environmental Law and Policy from the American Bar Association.
Story | 08 Sep, 2017
ELI: 2017 Environmental Achievement Award
The Environmental Law Institute will present the 2017 Environmental Law Achievement Award to Achim Steiner “for his visionary leadership on global sustainability and rule of law in the environmental setting” on 18 October 2017 in Washington, D.C.
Story | 29 Aug, 2017
2017 UN High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development: Outcomes
The 2017 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) took place at UN Headquarters in New York from 10-19 July, under the overarching theme of "Eradicating Poverty and Promoting Prosperity in a Changing World”.