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The decisions taken by IUCN Members at the IUCN World Conservation Congress set the global conservation agenda and guide IUCN’s policy engagements at the local, national and global levels.

With the aim to integrate nature & sustainable development at all levels, IUCN's policy work focusses on 3 key areas:

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    Towards a post-2020 biodiversity framework

    Despite the commitments made by governments in 2010 to take effective and urgent action to halt the loss of biodiversity to ensure resilient ecosystems by 2020, much remains to be done. 

    IUCN has been involved in the preparations for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework providing inputs to ensure that its development and implementation can deliver the 2050 Vision for biodiversity of "living in harmony with nature".

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IPBES

IUCN and IPBES share common goals and similar priorities: undertaking authoritative assessments, generating robust knowledge inclusive of local and indigenous perspectives, supporting policy and developing capacity-building across continents, for a just world that values and conserves...

Policy briefs and Information papers

National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans

More commonly referred to as NBSAPs, are the main vehicles of national implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and other biodiversity-related conventions. With its regional and country offices, IUCN is well positioned to assist countries in developing and updating their...

Sustainable Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals and targets acknowledge the critical role that a healthy environment can play in addressing current challenges including poverty, climate change, food and water security.

 

Quick reads

Aimed at policy-makers and journalists, IUCN Issues Briefs provide key information on selected issues in a two-pager format.

Post-2020 global biodiversity framework Photo: IUCN

Post-2020 global biodiversity framework

In October 2021 and April 2022, Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will meet in Kunming, China (COP15) to determine the post-2020 global biodiversity framework (the framework...
Nature-based recovery Photo: IUCN

Nature-based recovery

The COVID-19 pandemic caused the global economy to shrink by an estimated 3.5% in 2020. 8.8% of global working hours were lost, equivalent to 255 million full-time jobs, and severe long-term economic...
Gender-based violence and the environment - an IUCN Issues Brief Photo: IUCN

Gender-based violence and the environment

Evidence shows that there are direct links between environmental pressures and gender-based violence, and that the degradation of nature, competition over increasingly scarce resources and...
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