Climate change Issues Briefs
IUCN Issues Briefs provide an accessible overview of the often complex issues related to nature conservation and climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Large event | 06 Nov, 2022
IUCN at UN Climate Change Conference COP27
From 6 to 18 November, IUCN will participate in the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
Photo: UNFCCC / Egypt
Building on the momentum from COP26 in Glasgow, where UNFCCC Parties explicitly recognized – for the first time – the “interlinked global crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, and the critical role of protecting, conserving and restoring nature and ecosystems in delivering benefits for climate adaptation and mitigation”, IUCN will continue to emphasise Nature-based Solutions as a key approach to address our urgent biodiversity and climate challenges.
Position paper
Position paper
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2022
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…
Position paper
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2022
La COP27 de la CCNUCC se tient dans un contexte mondial considérablement agité, des difficultés économiques croissantes et une insécurité alimentaire et énergétique aggravant les effets d’une…
Position paper
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2022
La COP27 de la CMNUCC se está llevando a cabo en un momento de considerable agitación mundial, con crecientes dificultades económicas, con una inseguridad alimentaria y energética empeorando los…
Issues brief
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December 2021
Peatlands are a type of wetland which are critical for preventing and mitigating the effects of climate change, preserving biodiversity, minimising flood risk, and ensuring safe drinking water.
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Issues brief
Due to increased greenhouse gas emissions, extended periods of extreme warming in seas and oceans have increased in frequency by 50% in the past 10 years and are becoming more severe.
These Marine…
Issues brief
Forests help stabilise the climate. They regulate ecosystems, protect biodiversity, play an integral part in the carbon cycle, support livelihoods, and can help drive sustainable growth.
To…
Issues brief
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are areas of the ocean set aside for long-term conservation aims.
MPAs support climate change adaptation and mitigation while providing other ecosystem…
IUCN climate change publications and briefs
IUCN engages on climate change from multiple perspectives, from assessing the risks that climate change poses, to advancing practical and inclusive nature-based solutions centred on the better conservation, management and restoration of the world’s ecosystems.
Jointly published
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2021
This report analyses the current state of knowledge regarding the role of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in climate change mitigation. It shows that in order to keep temperature rising to 1.5 degrees…
Jointly published
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2021
World Heritage forests are some of the most biodiversity-rich habitats on Earth and play a crucial role in climate regulation by absorbing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. However, these…
Grey literature
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2022
Ocean threats: acidification, deoxygenation, warming, heatwaves. Do we have anything useful to bend, change, or reverse the results? This brochure, conceived to advocate and educate at the UNFCCC…
Information brief
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2022
Nature-based Solutions for adaptation - consisting of a wide range of ecosystem management activities, such as the sustainable management of forests, grasslands, and wetlands, that increase the…
Information brief
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2022
Loss and damage refers to the current and unavoidable impacts of climate change experienced by millions of people across the globe. Ecosystem loss and degradation, exacerbated by climate change, is a…
Jointly published
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2022
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…
Other brief
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2022
There is general consensus that biodiversity loss and climate change are twin crises requiring integrated, comprehensive and holistic approaches. As aptly articulated by António Guterres,…
Information brief
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2022
This brief is co-authored by IUCN and UN Women to provide an overview of the conclusions and ways forward agreed at CSW66 for addressing VAWG and climate change linkages in policies, decision making…
IUCN events at COP27
IUCN is hosting and participating in a number of side events and activities in relation to climate change and Nature-based Solutions, forests, ecosystem-based adaptation, water, indigenous peoples, and gender during COP27. See details on key events below.
IUCN event
Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Center - Room Thebes
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15 November , 13:15 - 14:45 EET (GMT/UTC+2)
Hosts:
IUCN and WRI
UNFCCC Parties at COP26 – for the first time – recognised the interlinked crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, and the critical role of nature in delivering benefits for both adaptation…
COP27 news from IUCN
Story
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21 December, 2022
In November, all along the busy maze of pavilion buildings in Sharm el Sheik, an estimated 45,000…
IUCN Statement
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19 November, 2022
As COP27 closed today, IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, expressed its…
News
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17 November, 2022
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, 17 November 2022 (IUCN) – Today, the government of the Grand Duchy of…
Press release
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16 November, 2022
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, 16 November 2022 (IUCN) - The ENACT initiative, which will coordinate…
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