Prof. Bugge and Justice Benjamin received the recognition during the closing ceremony of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ WCEL 2022 Oslo International Environmental Law Conference, held in October at the University of Oslo.
World leaders from the Western Indian Ocean region and beyond will come together to discuss the potential of the Great Blue Wall as an African-led initiative to counteract the effects of climate change and global warming while unlocking the potential of the blue economy to become a driver of…
A joint event with the Blue Carbon Initiative (CI, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ and IOC-UNESCO) and the International Partnership for Blue Carbon (IPBC) highlighting blue carbon leadership and initiatives globally and sharing best practices from both blue carbon policy and project level developments.
The side event aims at demonstrating how partnerships across different sectors are key to driving credible action for the protection and restoration of blue carbon ecosystems (mangroves, seagrasses, tidal marshes), contributing to climate change mitigation, adaptation, biodiversity, ocean…
Protecting, restoring and sustainably managing terrestrial ecosystems in a just and inclusive manner is at the core of human development, our life support systems and the Paris Agreement goals.
This event will feature three sessions in which different agents of change in the land use system transformation will put forward proven solutions and innovative actions to scale up efforts to protect, restore and sustainably manage forests.
In October 2022, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ held a side event at COP27, discussing the impacts of Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) in mountainous communities around the world. The event presented the impacts of EbA in promoting climate change adaptation and community resilience in mountains, highlighting and…
This event aims to spotlight different innovative solutions currently being implemented across cryosphere and mountain regions and highlight the synergies that exist between key stakeholders, including how they can promote enabling conditions for further investment and policy development.
Wetlands are among the world’s most productive and valuable ecosystems and are an integral part of many ecosystems. This book attempts to raise awareness on the relevance of wetland systems and their current impacts and existency threats in different regions of the world. It aims at describing…