Information brief | 2022
Nature-based Solutions for adaptation - consisting of a wide range of ecosystem management activities, such as the sustainable management of forests, grasslands, and wetlands, that increase the resilience and reduce the vulnerability of people and the environment to climate change - offer a…
Grey literature | 2022
Saving the ocean and climate through innovative marine protected area finance mechanisms
Ocean threats: acidification, deoxygenation, warming, heatwaves. Do we have anything useful to bend, change, or reverse the results? This brochure, conceived to advocate and educate at the UNFCCC COP27 meetings, summarises these threats and how various solutions (explained within) can actually…
Story | 08 Nov, 2022
In transboundary mountain ecosystems across Nepal, Bhutan, Peru, Colombia, Kenya, and Uganda, IUCN and partners have worked from 2017 - 2022 to implement ecosystem-based adaptation approaches to increase climate resilience and reduce vulnerabilities of local communities and the ecosystems they…
News | 09 Nov, 2022
Leaders from Western Indian Ocean countries share progress on Great Blue Wall at COP27
At COP27 in Sharm el-Sheik, heads of state and senior government officials from the Western Indian Ocean region and representatives of IUCN, the African Union, the UN Economic Commission for Africa and the World Economic Forum discussed progress made on the Great Blue Wall and pledged their…
IUCN event
Biodiversity: Nature based solutions for climate resilience in Rwanda
This COP27 side event will showcase Rwanda’s achievements in using Nature-based Solutions for climate resilience. It will provide an opportunity for different partners, including the private sector, NGOs and CSOs, to understand how far Rwanda is in implementing the best practices for Nature-…