International Union for Conservation of Nature

Coral reefs and climate change

Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions have caused an increase in global surface temperature of approximately 1°C since pre-industrial times. This has led to unprecedented mass coral bleaching events ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature

Webinar: Protecting People, Protecting Nature: Addressing Gender-based Violence in Environmental Contexts

Gender-based violence (GBV) remains one of the most widespread and unacknowledged forms of human rights violations in the world (UN Women, 2025). According to UN Women, in 2023, a woman or girl was ...
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New Living Legacy series from BBC Storyworks showcases the Union’s solutions for people and nature

From building greater climate resilience to restoring biodiversity, the challenges the world faces today call for solutions that work better for both people and planet.
International Union for Conservation of Nature

IUCN welcomes COP30 call to triple adaptation finance, regrets insufficient progress on fossil fuels

Belém, Brazil, 23 November 2025 (IUCN) - As the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) concluded in Belém, Brazil, IUCN welcomed the call to at least triple adaptation finance by 2035.
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Switzerland boosts forest landscape restoration across Africa and South America with CHF 5.2 million contribution

Belém, Brazil, 17 November 2025 (IUCN) – Today at the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP30), Switzerland announced significant new ...
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Nature at the Nexus: COP30 FEBA Event Champions Ecosystem-based Adaptation as a Pathway to Resilience

At COP30 in Belém, the Friends of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (FEBA) network spotlighted Ecosystem-based Adaptation as a transformative, nature-driven solution linking climate resilience, biodiversity, ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature

Mongolia joins the ENACT Partnership, ENACT launches landmark NbS Accelerator Pathways Report at COP30

Belém, Brazil, 18 November 2025 (IUCN) — The ENACT Partnership launched today its Nature-based Solutions (NbS) Accelerator Pathways Report at a high-level event during the UNFCCC COP30 in Belém, ...
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Global leaders visit Gunnar Vingren Park to spotlight urban Nature-based Solutions in Belém during COP30

Belém, Brazil, 15 November 2025 (IUCN) — A high-level delegation visited Gunnar Vingren Park in Belém today to showcase the city’s bold leadership in advancing biodiversity protection and climate ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature

Six ways IUCN is driving action for biodiversity protection in food and agriculture systems across Europe

The IUCN European Regional Office is working across Europe to transform food and agricultural systems so they can nourish people, sustain livelihoods and safeguard biodiversity. Unsustainable ...
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Nature’s power in action: Linking ground realities with global adaptation and resilience goals at COP30

13 November 2025, Belém, Brazil, IUCN – At COP30, where the world is called to deliver on the “Global Mutirão” vision of collective, solutions-oriented action, IUCN’s Global Climate Change and Energy ...
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Sports for Nature

Sports have a unique opportunity to address the nature crisis. IUCN has been working with key partners on developing the Sports for Nature Initiative to contribute to global efforts to halt and ...