Page | 05 Oct, 2022
Climate change and World Heritage
Climate change is the biggest threat to natural World Heritage sites, but these sites can be part of the solution.
Page | 05 Oct, 2022
Intergovernmental Negotiation Committee on Plastic Pollution
In March 2022, the United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA) decided to work towards an international legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution. IUCN will engage in the negotiations providing science-based expertise and evidence to ensure the development of a robust instrument with…
News | 05 Oct, 2022
IUCN and Sails of Change launch Sports for Nature partnership to help sports become nature-positive
London, UK, 5 October 2022 – At the Sport Positive Summit at Wembley Stadium, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Sails of Change today announced a new partnership to help sports organisations mitigate negative impacts on biodiversity and climate and encourage…
News | 04 Oct, 2022
Gland, Switzerland, 4 October 2022 – A new IUCN-led project is examining how the rapid acceleration of wind and solar development can avoid unintended impacts on nature and people.
Publication | 2022
The Conserving our sea of islands report provides the first comprehensive assessment of area-based conservation in the region. The 23 countries and territories that it covers are diverse but share a common identity and geography, as well as many other features such as extensive customary …
Blog | 30 Sep, 2022
"Let us recover our ambition for a more sustainable Mediterranean"- by IUCN-Med Director
In this open letter, Antonio Troya, the Director of the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation, reflects on the progress made in the last 20 years in the Mediterranean region, besides outlining the current and future challenges faced by nature and human societies to prepare for a new…