IUCN - Gender

France and IUCN intensify their efforts to protect global biodiversity

2013-06-13

Yesterday IUCN signed a new partnership agreement with France, which aims to support the Union's global biodiversity conservation work, focusing on sub-Saharan Africa, oceans and global governance of natural resources.

Celebrate World Environment Day - secure nature’s food supply

2013-06-05

To mark the food theme of this year’s World Environment Day: ‘Think. Eat. Save’ IUCN urges policy makers to pay greater attention to the role that nature plays in boosting global food security.

Signs of progress on women’s role in tackling climate change

2013-03-08

To mark International Women’s Day, IUCN is celebrating the progress made in recognising the role of women in national and regional climate change agendas.

Join to our Newsletter

2013-03-06

The Global Gender Office wants to keep you informed about their lastest publications, documents, activities, calls for proposals and several news regarding gender equity and sustainable development.

Momentum for Change: Women for Results, which will open on 8th March

2013-03-06

We wanted to inform you about the call for applications for Momentum for Change: Women for Results, which will open on 8 March, International Women’s Day and close on 26th April.

IWECI launch Online Solutions Forum on March 8th

2013-03-06

Momentum for Change: Women for Results, which will open on 8th March

2013-03-05

We wanted to inform you about the call for applications for Momentum for Change: Women for Results, which will open on 8 March, International Women’s Day and close on 26th April.

Gender and climate change policies

2013-03-05

Women’s empowerment and gender sensitive policies can help countries better cope with climate change impacts.

Energy: A gender issue

2013-03-05

Energy is essential to nearly all aspects of our lives but it means different things to different people. In the developed world energy can mean petrol to run cars, electricity for lights and computers. In the developing world, it can mean survival: being able to boil water to avoid disease. Millions of people, mostly women and children, spend many hours a day collecting fuel for heating and cooking.

Organizations will be trained to incorporate gender in energy policies

2013-02-17

From 4th to 7th March the Global Gender Office of the International for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) will be developing the Regional Workshop on Gender and Power in Central America. The meeting also involved organizations from Cuba. This effort is conducted jointly with the International Organization ENERGIA and the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE by its Spanish acronym). The event is funded by HIVOS Dutch cooperation.

The Bangladesh's Climate Change and Gender Action Plan is on going

2013-02-15

Thanks to the support from the Government of Finland, the GGCA Program of Work has proven highly successful in bringing gender into climate negotiations and moving to action both at the global and local levels over the last five years.

Doha Conference propels advances in gender balance

2013-01-10

The 18th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC, carried out in Doha Qatar in November 2012, took intoaccount several considerations to bring a greater gender balance to support action on mitigation and adaptation in the Climate Change global discussions.

SEED Initiative: 10 years old and growing

2013-01-08

The SEED Initiative, a global partnership for action on sustainable development and the green economy, recently marked its 10th anniversary by celebrating numerous projects that are creating jobs while safeguarding the environment.

Women take action in the face of climate change

2012-11-26

A new IUCN publication outlining action plans for women to help them adapt to climate change and minimize its impact has been launched today at the 18th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Doha, Qatar.

UN Biodiversity talks move forward but nature needs more

2012-10-20

Hyderabad, India, 20 October 2012 – Despite good progress towards achieving the 2020 targets to halt the loss of biodiversity, efforts to conserve nature must be urgently scaled up if we want to meet the 2020 deadline to save all life on earth - says IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature).

In a nutshell: Hyderabad Biodiversity summit - Week One

2012-10-14

At the 2010 Biodiversity summit in Nagoya, Japan, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity agreed the ‘Big Plan to save nature’ with its 20 Aichi biodiversity targets to be met by 2020. Today, the Parties meet again, this time in Hyderabad, India to discuss what progress has been made so far in turning the Big Plan into reality.

Turning the Big Plan into Big Action

2012-10-01

Talks to evaluate progress in halting the loss of nature will take place 8-19 October in Hyderabad, India at the 11th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP11). Governments meeting in Hyderabad will discuss progress towards the implementation of decisions taken at the Nagoya Biodiversity Summit in 2010, including the 2020 Aichi Targets to save and restore nature. IUCN urges governments to turn their commitments into action and invest in nature to achieve broader development goals, such as food security and stable economies.

Investment guide to ‘triple win’ from locally controlled forestry

2012-09-24

The most detailed discussions to date between investors and forest rights-holders have resulted in new guidance for investments that can create a ‘triple win’ of returns for investors, livelihood security for local communities and protection for forests.

Green gets gold at Nature’s Olympics

2012-09-15

Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, 15 September 2012 (IUCN) – As economic difficulties continue to dominate international debate, IUCN’s World Conservation Congress has put nature back centre stage in the quest to recover our natural assets and use nature to solve a growing list of economic and social issues.

Take a Forest Walk at IUCN congress

2012-09-04

We are proposing three "Forest Walks" as journeys through the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Jeju, Korea. The attached document details the walks.