Story | 02 Jun, 2023
Small Island Developing States call for ambitious Global Plastics Treaty – INC-2 Paris
To address the threat that plastic poses to our ocean, climate, economies, and health, Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have called for an ambitious UN Treaty, which acts across the whole plastics lifecycle, during their meeting at the Second Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating…
Artículo | 01 Jun, 2023
El Proyecto Altiplano Resiliente, a través de su Sistema de Alerta Temprana, da seguimiento al fenómeno de El Niño alertando a productores del Altiplano guatemalteco y capacitándoles para la implementación de medidas de adaptación basada en ecosistemas (AbE) y prácticas agrícolas de acuerdo con…
DG Statement | 01 Jun, 2023
IUCN Director General’s Statement for World Environment Day 2023
Over 400 million tons of plastic are produced worldwide every year. Plastic pollution is a complex issue, and affects all land, freshwater, and marine ecosystems. It threatens human and ecosystem health, negatively impacts important economic activities, and contributes to climate change. By 2015…
External event
Taking stock of global progress on nature-based solutions to climate change
The role of nature-based solutions was recognised in key multilateral processes in 2022, including at UNFCCC COP27 and CBD COP15. This official side event of the 58th sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies (SB58) will take stock of the collective progress made to date and identify what can be…
External event
Protecting Our Coasts: The Promise of Nature-Based Resilience
Coastal ecosystems, such as mangroves, seagrasses, reefs and wetlands, provide natural protection against storm surges and other coastal climate impacts. But these ecosystems are vulnerable to damage, and themselves need to be preserved. Ocean acidification, rising sea levels, changes in water…
Grey literature | 2023
Governance for Ecosystem-based Adaptation
Effective governance is a fundamental requisite for Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA). CLIMA is a practical tool to plan, execute, evaluate, and improve governance in the context of specific initiatives, actions and measures for climate change adaptation and ecosystem management. CLIMA helps…
Littérature grise | 2023
Dans le cadre de la triple crise planétaire, la pollution est l'un des principaux moteurs de la perte de biodiversité et de la dégradation des écosystèmes, sur terre, dans l'air, dans l'eau et dans l'environnement marin.
Literatura gris | 2023
Gobernanza para la adaptación basada en ecosistemas
La gobernanza efectiva es un requisito fundamental para la adaptación basada en ecosistemas (AbE). CLIMA es una herramienta practica para la planificacion, la implementacion, la evaluacion y la mejora de la gobernanza en el contexto de iniciativas, proyectos, acciones y medidas especfficas para…
Policy brief | 2023
INC-2 Plastic Pollution Treaty
As part of the triple planetary crisis, pollution is one of the major drivers of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation, and plastic pollution is detrimental to our terrestrial, freshwater and marine biodiversity and ecosystems, upon which livelihoods and economies depend.
Grey literature | 2023
There are many steps in the process of advancing from opening negotiations to concluding a final treaty and, for this reason, the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law has issued the following brief outline for the legal process of treaty negotiations.