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Expertos sobre el cambio climático crean el ´Mensaje de Granada´
Unas jornadas medioambientales elaboran este documento, que se presentará en la Conferencia de Copenhague de diciembre …
17 Nov 2009 | International news release
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Climate change and its impact on the Lao and Cambodian people
When we refer to climate change, we immediately think of the impacts it has on the livelihoods of large numbers of people, and the habitats of aquatic species on all continents. …
09 May 2012 | News story
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Vote for the best video communicating climate change
Which of these three videos delivers the strongest message about climate change science? Vote for your favourite World Resources Institute video today!
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04 May 2012 | News story
World Water Forum: nature takes centre stage
Natural ‘infrastructure’ such as river basins, forests, lakes and wetlands, plays a key role in addressing today’s global water needs and must be an integral part of every country’s water management portfolio, says IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) at the World Water Forum starting in Marseille on Monday 12 March. … | French | Spanish
10 Mar 2012 | News story
Nature’s a solution to global water needs, IUCN
Media Advisory: Water resources are under increasing stress: with burgeoning populations, growing economies and a changing climate, water scarcity and pollution are set to intensify. …
06 Mar 2012 | News story
Blue Carbon Policy - revisited
The International Blue Carbon Policy Working Group, co-organized by IUCN and Conservation International, revisited Blue Carbon policy recommendations. The revised Blue Carbon Policy Framework 2.0 outlines new and revised activities needed to include coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrasses into climate change mitigation policies and financing processes, taking into account the outcomes of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) seventeenth Conference of the Parties (COP) in Durban and other relevant fora. …
06 Mar 2012 | News story
IUCN expertise in UN push for sustainable energy for all
IUCN’s Director General joined United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi this week to outline his Sustainable Energy for All initiative to the media. …
22 Jan 2012 | News story
More recognition needed for Blue Carbon’s role in curbing climate change
The critical role of coastal ecosystem management in curbing climate change and the need to fully integrate it in climate change and biodiversity policies were the focus of the “Blue Carbon – Managing coastal ecosystems for climate change mitigation” symposium that took place in the European Parliament in Brussels yesterday. …
13 Jan 2012 | News story
REDD+ in Africa: new initiative launched by Netherlands Committee
IUCN – as the world’s largest environmental network -- is one union with many faces. Here in Durban at the UN climate conference (UNFCCC COP17), one such face is that of IUCN’s National Committee of the Netherlands. Represented by their Senior Advisor on Energy and Climate, Carl Königel, the Netherlands Committee are in Durban launching the African Terrestrial Carbon Centre (ATCC), their new initiative on REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) in Africa. …
09 Dec 2011 | News story
Guatemala advances with REDD+, says IUCN
Durban, South Africa, 8 December 2011 (IUCN) — Guatemala’s National Forest Service (INAB) has recognized wider land rights for indigenous peoples and local communities, making it possible for these groups to access benefits and payments from Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, known as REDD+, according to IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature). … | French | Spanish
08 Dec 2011 | News story
Faith in the convention: a spirit of trust at climate talks
The world’s major religions have become increasingly engaged in environmental issues in recent years. At this week’s UNFCCC COP17 climate change conference in Durban, South Africa, the Southern African Faith Communities Environment Institute (SAFCEI) is one example of how major faiths are not only getting involved in climate change debates, but are uniting across faiths in order to speak with one voice on issues of environmental justice. …
08 Dec 2011 | News story
