Story | 17 Nov, 2016
The IUCN Green List and Climate Change
Protected and conserved areas have a critical role to play in mitigation of, and adaptation to, climate change, and in reducing the risk of disasters caused by natural hazards and severe climate events. The IUCN Green List Standard contributes to advancing equitable governance and effective…
Story | 17 Nov, 2016
Morocco climate summit looks to the ocean for solutions
Conserving ocean ecosystems can play an important role in combatting climate change – and one that is increasingly being recognised, writes IUCN’s Dorothee Herr from the COP22 climate summit in Marrakech.
Story | 16 Nov, 2016
Healthy marine ecosystems for the well-being of planet Earth
IUCN China was invited to participate in a media field reporting campaign named “Travel across Ecological Marine Territory” sponsored by the State Oceanic Administration of China. During the event, participants visited Juhua Island and Pan Jin municipality in Liaoning province, exploring…
Story | 15 Nov, 2016
IUCN World Conservation Congress 2016 - IUCN Oceania staff reflections
As the first Congress ever to be held in the Pacific, the team from IUCN’s Oceania Regional Office approached the 2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawai’i with a strong sense of ownership and a mandate to ensure everyone in attendance would know they had come to a piece of their home. …
Publication | 2016
Marine protected areas and climate change
The ocean is a major player in the regulation of the world’s climate system. The purpose of the report is to provide information to underpin the outcomes of COP21 and in particular to demonstrate the importance of the role of MPAs in climate change adaptation and mitigation. To do this the…
Story | 11 Nov, 2016
Marine Protected Areas and climate change report
New IUCN report looks at how Marine Protected Areas can help combat climate change
Press release | 10 Nov, 2016
Climate change dramatically disrupting nature from genes to ecosystems – study
Gland, Switzerland, 10 November, 2016 (IUCN) – Global changes in temperature have already impacted every aspect of life on Earth from genes to entire ecosystems, with increasingly worrying consequences for humans – according to a new study co-authored by the IUCN Species Survival Commission’s…
Story | 10 Nov, 2016
The IUCN World Conservation Congress 2016 pushes forward European conservation action
The IUCN Brussels office and the Slovak EU Presidency organised on 7 November, the event, 'Outcomes of the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2016 - what do they mean for Europe?' which brought together a diverse panel of speakers to discuss the main outcomes of the IUCN Congress 2016 and how they…
Story | 07 Nov, 2016
World Commission on Protected Areas - Marine: making a big splash for the future of our ocean
The 2014 World Parks Congress in Sydney saw a significant scaling-up of recognition of ocean issues by IUCN, WCPA-Marine and partners. Since then, much has taken place behind the scenes to expand WCPA-Marine action areas,whilst strengthening existing programmes, membership services and…
Story | 26 Oct, 2016
Oceans, Law, and the IUCN World Conservation Congress
While the UN Preparatory Committee met in New York to discuss a new instrument on marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction, on the other side of the country, in Hawai'i, the global community grappled with the same fundamental issue: how to ensure conservation of the world’s…