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Protected areas – natural solutions to climate change crisis
Copenhagen, Denmark, 8 December 2009 – Protected Areas offer a cost effective solution to the impacts of climate change, according to a new book from IUCN, The Nature Conservancy, the United Nations Development Programme, Wildlife Conservation Society, the World Bank and WWF. …
08 Dec 2009 | News story
Turn the tide - turn to nature: IUCN Opening Statement to UN climate change meeting
Copenhagen, Denmark, 7 December 2009 (IUCN) - It’s now time for governments to make robust commitments and a timeline towards achieving a post-2012 deal on climate change. IUCN urges leaders meeting at the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen, 7-18 December, to include nature’s solutions to reduce emissions and cope with climate change impacts in a post-2012 deal. …
07 Dec 2009 | News story
IUCN's frog message to save the rainforests
IUCN's Director-General Julia Merton-Lèfevre sends an SOS message about saving the rainforests and calls for people and businesses to sign up to The Prince's Rainforests Project Rainforest SOS campaign. …
04 Dec 2009 | Video
Climate thinkers
Climate Thinkers taps into the minds of leading scientists, politicians, policy makers and ordinary people to get their insights into the challenges of climate change and their ideas on how to tackle it. …
04 Dec 2009 | Video
Nature-our trusted ally in climate change fight
This film explains the two solutions IUCN sees to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change - reduction of emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD), as well as ecosystems based adaptation. …
03 Dec 2009 | Video
Copenhagen: developing countries are part of the equation
IUCN's Ram Chandra Khanal of Nepal talks about the need to incorporate the demands of developing coutries into the new climate change agreement. …
03 Dec 2009 | Video
Making Central America's voice heard in Copenhagen
In Central America, IUCN is boosting civil society participation in the international climate change negotiations, trying to make sure the region’s needs and solutions are accounted for in the post-2012 agreement. … | French | Spanish
30 Nov 2009 | News story
At last a turning point for women and climate change?
All those who have been working tirelessly to ensure that women are properly considered in efforts to tackle climate change will be watching events at Copenhagen with bated breath. Any agreement that emerges from the conference may be the first to recognize the gender aspects of climate change, and, in doing so, will be on the way to saving the lives of millions of women and children. … | French | Spanish
30 Nov 2009 | News story
Revenir à la nature - Message de la Directrice générale de l'UICN pour Copenhague
Le futur accord qui succèdera au protocole de Kyoto en 2012 doit puiser des solutions aux changements climatiques dans la nature, nous explique Julia Marton-Lefèvre …
27 Nov 2009 | Audio
Climate change and the oceans - expectations of IUCN's marine expert
Carl Gustaf Lundin, Head of IUCN's Marine Programme outlines his views on the upcoming Copenhagen climate talks. …
27 Nov 2009 | Audio
