Story | 06 Apr, 2022
CEESP News: Nicholas Winer, Ecologistas en Acción, Grupo Sierra de Huelva and CEESP member.
Story | 05 Apr, 2022
Research into the economic aspects of the Marine Plastics and Coastal Communities project, to contain and reduce plastic pollution in the ocean, delivers insight into the true costs of plastic pollution on communities, livelihoods, coasts, and the global ocean.
Story | 04 Apr, 2022
Manifesto for National Integrated Legal Frameworks for Water Resources Governance launched
In the context of the 9th World Water Forum (Dakar, Senegal 21-26 March 2022), the International Association for Water Law (AIDA), in collaboration with the Environmental Law Institute (ELI), has developed and launched a Manifesto for National Integrated Legal Frameworks for Water Resources…
Story | 04 Apr, 2022
Reflection on Advancing Community Engagement for Sustainable Forests in Northern Liberia
CEESP News: Mahawa Komala, Mandela Washington Fellow for Young African Leaders with CI’s Center for Communities and Conservation
Reflecting on her work with everyday ghandis in northern Liberia, Mahawa Komala describes how engaging communities in forest management in Liberia in times of…
Press release | 31 Mar, 2022
Global taskforce to align new ‘Nature Markets' with sustainability goals
31 March 2022 -- Finance for Biodiversity (F4B) today announced the launch of a global Taskforce to ensure that emerging nature markets deliver nature positive and equitable outcomes and contribute to meeting climate goals.
Story | 30 Mar, 2022
The War Between Russia and Ukraine – An Environmental Disaster
CEESP News: Ritu Dhingra, IUCN CEESP Regional Vice Chair for South and East Asia.
Who will wear the burnt–the speechless lifeforms through no fault of their own? War always brings calamity and strife. When human beings, Homo sapiens, “The Wise Man,” and the most evolved species on this…
Story | 29 Mar, 2022
IUCN at the 9th World Water Forum
The 9th World Water Forum took place in Dakar, Senegal from 21 to 26 March 2022. The Forum is organised every three years yet –like many others- the conference was delayed by a year due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The conference did maintain the traditional…
Story | 29 Mar, 2022
Biodiversity negotiations must reconnect with reality
As the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) talks close in Geneva, Director of IUCN’s International Policy Centre Sonia Peña Moreno reflects on two weeks of negotiations, some missed opportunities, and her hopes for future meetings. Going forward, Parties to the CBD must…
Story | 29 Mar, 2022
The Blue Carbon Accelerator Fund (BCAF) today launches its Readiness Support call for proposals to all entrepreneurs and project developers involved in blue carbon work. Readiness Support will help project developers to get coastal blue carbon restoration projects ready for implementation and…
Blog | 28 Mar, 2022
A Review of Nigeria's 2021 Climate Change Act: Potential for Increased Climate Litigation
CEESP News: Muhammed Tawfiq Ladan. While there are several necessary measures needed to operationalize Nigeria's 2021 Climate Change Act, it demonstrates the seriousness with which the country is approaching climate action. Being the first stand-alone comprehensive climate change legislation in…