IUCN Statement | 20 Nov, 2022
As COP27 closed today, IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, expressed its concern over the slow progress in tackling the climate crisis. At the same time, IUCN welcomed the clear recognition of the key role that Nature-based Solutions can play in addressing climate change,…
Page | 18 Nov, 2022
¿Te gustaría aplicar el enfoque de Soluciones basadas en la Naturaleza a proyectos en tu ciudad?
La Fundación Biodiversidad ha lanzado una convocatoria para fomentar de actuaciones dirigidas a la renaturalización y resiliencia de las ciudades españolas. Desde UICN ofrecemos aplicar el estandar mundial de Soluciones Basadas en la Naturaleza a estos proyectos para evaluar la sostenibilidad y…
Artículo | 18 Nov, 2022
¿Te gustaría aplicar el enfoque de Soluciones basadas en la Naturaleza a proyectos en tu ciudad?
La Fundación Biodiversidad ha lanzado una convocatoria para fomentar de actuaciones dirigidas a la renaturalización y resiliencia de las ciudades españolas. Desde UICN ofrecemos aplicar el estandar mundial de Soluciones Basadas en la Naturaleza a estos proyectos para evaluar la sostenibilidad y…
IUCN event
Shaping the climate and nature convergence to address the intertwined crises
Science is clear that we cannot address the climate crisis without addressing the biodiversity one, and vice versa. Yet now they occur in parallel processes within the UNFCCC and CBD, respectively, with insufficient alignment. The challenge of how to find and strengthen convergence remains.
Press release | 16 Nov, 2022
Egyptian COP27 Presidency, Germany and IUCN announce ENACT Initiative for Nature-based Solutions
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, 16 November 2022 (IUCN) - The ENACT initiative, which will coordinate global efforts to address climate change, land and ecosystem degradation, and biodiversity loss through Nature-based Solutions (NbS), was launched today as part of the COP Presidency's official…
DG Statement | 16 Nov, 2022
IUCN statement to UN Climate Change Conference 2022
During the 16 November High Level Segment of the UN Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (COP27), IUCN Director General Dr Bruno Oberle delivered IUCN’s statement on the role of nature in addressing the climate crisis. Read the full statement below.
Conservation Tool
IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology
The IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology is a comprehensive classification framework for Earth’s ecosystems that integrates their functional and compositional features. This new typology helps identify the ecosystems that are most critical for…
Conservation Tool
The IUCN Red List of Ecosystems is a tool to assess the conservation status of ecosystems. It is based on scientific criteria for performing evidence-based analyses of the risk of ecosystem collapse, including changes in geographical distribution and the degradation of the key elements of…