News | 15 Mar, 2024
Enhancing collaboration at European Union borders
Officers from customs, animal and plant health authorities, and environmental authorities convened in Brussels on 14 March for an event focusing on improving border controls for Invasive Alien Species. Effective border controls are a key element in preventing their introduction…
IUCN event
Crossroads blog | 28 Nov, 2023
We must unite our efforts to fight climate change and biodiversity loss
Climate change and biodiversity loss are two of the most important challenges and risks for human societies. But as the chairs of IUCN's seven expert Commissions write, the window of opportunity to address them is closing rapidly.
News | 21 Nov, 2023
Sports outline game plan to safeguard biodiversity at first Sports for Nature Annual Meeting
Lausanne, Switzerland – Sports for Nature signatories demonstrated how they are embedding nature in their sustainability strategies and called for further guidance to help them contribute to global biodiversity goals at the first Sports for Nature Annual Meeting held here last week, following…
News | 23 Oct, 2023
Accelerating Climate Transformation through Nature
Highlighting the ENACT-ing a Billion Campaign for integrated action on climate and biodiversity
News | 27 Sep, 2023
Biodiversity in Kenya has today received a boost with the establishment of the IUCN Kenya Species Specialist Group (KeSSG) announced on the second day of the inaugural Wildlife Scientific Conference hosted by the Wildlife Research & Training Institute (WRTI) in Naivasha, Kenya.
IUCN event
Tackling the Twin Climate Change and Biodiversity Crises
The twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss are two of the biggest risks facing our ability to survive and thrive on this planet. This event, taking place on the margins of the UN General Assembly High-Level Week, will explain the severity of these crises, mobilise a range of actors…
IUCN event
Challenges and progress of environmental philanthropy as a key player for the SDGs achievement
This SDG Action Weekend side event, convened by Filantropía Cortés Solari, Velux Fonden, and IUCN, seeks to report on the main advances but also challenges faced by the philanthropic sector when promoting the scope of the environmental SDGs, whether in marine or terrestrial matters.
Press release | 04 Sep, 2023
Gland, Switzerland, 4 September 2023 (IUCN) – IUCN, the International Union for Conservation Nature, welcomes the Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species and their Control, today launched at the tenth plenary of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (…
Large event
From 27 August to 2 September 2023, an IUCN delegation will participate in the 10th Plenary session of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-10), in Bonn, Germany.