Core Contribution to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

The overall goal of IUCN is to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by scaling up just, inclusive and effective conservation across land, freshwater and ocean ecosystems, while addressing the underlying drivers of nature loss.

The Programme 2026 – 2029, aligned with the Union’s 20-year Strategic Vision Unite for Nature: On the Path to 2045, aims to secure a thriving, resilient planet where nature and people flourish together through rights-based, gender-responsive and socially equi-table approaches.

Direct target groups:

• IUCN Secretariat
• IUCN Regional Offices

Indirect target groups:

• Policy and decision makers at global, regional and local levels;
• Local communities;
• Indigenous groups.

During the 2026 – 2029 Programme, IUCN aims to deliver results in two complementary domains:

• Just and equitable conservation of nature at scale, strengthening governance, restoring and protecting ecosystems, and ensuring that conservation benefits are shared fairly; and
• Global transformations, advancing systemic change across key sectors to address the drivers of biodiversity loss and align societal, economic and environmental systems with a nature-positive future.

By mobilising its Union-wide knowledge, partnerships, science and convening power, IUCN will enhance institutional capacity, support evidence-based policy engagement and foster inclusive, community-rooted action that contributes to long-term recovery of nature and improved well-being for people.

Risultati principali attesi:  

During the 2026 – 2029 phase, IUCN will deliver key outputs that strengthen its ability to implement the Programme effectively and achieve impact across the Union and its global network. Expected outputs include:

• Strengthened Union capacities (Members, Commissions, Secretariat) to scale conserva-tion impact and enhance equity and governance across land, freshwater, ocean and people-focused work.
• Enhanced knowledge, data, standards and tools to support effective conservation, restoration and policy implementation.
• More coherent and evidence-based policy engagement at global, regional and national levels.
• Targeted collaboration with SDC through joint learning and exchanges on emerging priorities at the nature–climate nexus.

Risultati fasi precedenti:   The Union’s leadership on Nature-based Solutions (NbS)1 continued to shape global conservation and climate agendas. Building on the Global NbS Standard established in 2020, IUCN contributed to its uptake across multilateral and bilateral cooperation agencies, climate and biodiversity financing mechanisms, and national policy processes. In recent years, IUCN has complemented this work by advancing the emerging global “nature-positive” approach, which positions NbS as a key operational pathway for halting and reversing nature loss across sectors and policy areas.