IUCN event
Leading mountain sustainability through innovation
This event aims to spotlight different innovative solutions currently being implemented across cryosphere and mountain regions and highlight the synergies that exist between key stakeholders, including how they can promote enabling conditions for further investment and policy development.
Jointly published | 2022
World Heritage glaciers : Sentinels of climate change
World Heritage glaciers cover almost 10% of the Earth’s glacierized area and play a crucial role in sustaining life on Earth. However, they are retreating at an accelerated rate because of climate change. By combining satellite data and projections at the site level, this study quantifies the...
Position paper | 2022
IUCN position paper for UNFCCC COP27
UNFCCC COP27 is taking place at a time of considerable global turmoil, with growing economic hardship and food and energy insecurity worsening the effects of a still ongoing pandemic. Yet, as the extreme weather events of 2022 – catastrophic floods, droughts and hurricanes – illustrate, the...
Information brief | 2022
Role of Protected Areas in Climate Change Mitigation and Biodiversity Conservation
There is general consensus that biodiversity loss and climate change are twin crises requiring integrated, comprehensive and holistic approaches… The creation of new Protected areas (PAs), the expansion of existing ones, protecting and establishing conservation corridors that connect PAs, and...
News | 28 Okt, 2022
Deadline Approaching: Final Call for Submissions - Gender and Climate Award
The deadline to submit applications for the first Gender and Climate Award is fast approaching.
This is an important Opportunity to present your novel ideas and good work to get global recognition and award prize of the Pakistan’s first Gender and Climate Award.