Information brief | 2023
The Role of Law in Enabling a Just Transition
This brief focuses on the international, regional, and national legal and policy developments on “Just Transition”, and particularly the importance of optimising the relevant legal instruments for accelerated and equitable climate action in the context of fossil fuels phase-out.
Information brief
Contributing to Climate Action through Restoration
Land-use change and degradation have reduced the potential for natural carbon sequestration and adversely affected ecosystem resilience. Restoration can play a major role in enhancing the capacity of ecosystems to sequester carbon by removing degradation and assisting in the recovery of…
Information brief | 2023
Climate Mitigation and Biodiversity Conservation
A significant proportion of carbon mitigation projects implemented through market mechanisms (e.g., trading and offset) have a focus on energy efficiency, renewable energy, forestry, transport, and industry sectors. At the same time, new natural climate solutions including ecosystem-based carbon…
Information brief | 2023
Nature-based Education for Planetary Health
As stated in the IUCN’s Position Paper UNFCCC COP28, IUCN encourages all stakeholders, including within the private sector and civil society, to do their utmost to effectively and ambitiously address the interlinked climate and biodiversity crises, and to support an equitable and just energy…
Crossroads blog | 28 Nov, 2023
We must unite our efforts to fight climate change and biodiversity loss
Climate change and biodiversity loss are two of the most important challenges and risks for human societies. But as the chairs of IUCN's seven expert Commissions write, the window of opportunity to address them is closing rapidly.