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Monthly update from the world's largest community of environmental experts.
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IUCN AT THE UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE SUMMIT
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Promoting natural solutions While some countries and communities around the world are making progress in reducing their greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to the effects of climate change, we need to make far greater use of the solutions that nature offers us. Sustainably managing ecosystems such as forests, wetlands and coastal areas can simultaneously reduce carbon emissions and help people adapt to the impacts that are being felt across the world.
Our experts are promoting these natural solutions at the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) taking place in Durban, South Africa from 28 November to 9 December. > Read more about IUCN's position at the UN summit
> Watch Stewart Maginnis explain what IUCN is pushing for at the conference
> Official UNFCCC conference website
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Durban diary
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Throughout the conference, IUCN's delegation will be giving the inside view on what's happening and an insight into the key issues at stake. > Follow the conference day by day
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A message to Durban from IUCN’s goodwill ambassadors
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Stepping up for Nature, IUCN’s Goodwill Ambassadors send their message to decision makers at the UN climate summit. > Read the messages
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Bold steps needed
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IUCN’s Senior Climate Change Policy Adviser, Claire Parker, describes the current state of play regarding the negotiations and what steps IUCN wants to see at the UN climate summit. > Read more
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Strengthening the defences
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Nowhere are the effects of climate change being felt more than the Pacific Islands where governments are starting to realise the importance of managing ecosystems in a sustainable way to help their countries adapt to this growing challenge. > Read full story
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Taking matters into their own hands
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Climate change means the drylands of West Africa are likely to become more arid and less productive. In the Sahel region, which has been plagued by drought in recent decades, farmers are using natural methods to boost their resilience. > Read full story
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Promoting local innovations for climate change adaptation
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IUCN and Mangroves for the Future are looking at solving problems related to drinking water in a village in the Bang Chan Sub-district, Chanthaburi Province, Thailand. This is part of a project called 'Promoting Location Innovations for Climate Change Adaptation.' > Watch the video
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The acid truth about our oceans
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Experts urge action to limit ocean acidification
> Read more
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Discovering the deep seas
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IUCN's Aurélie Spadone has embarked on a mission to explore seamounts in the Indian Ocean.
> Read the expedition blog
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IUCN helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges. It supports scientific research, manages field projects all over the world and brings governments, non-government organizations, United Nations agencies, companies and local communities together to develop and implement policy, laws and best practice.
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