During Climate Week NYC, IUCN played a key role in the effort to integrate ecosystem preservation into our broader climate goals. On Tuesday, Razan Al Mubarak, President of IUCN, joined Director General Grethel Aguilar for the “Annual Meeting of the Patrons of Nature,” an initiative that has rallied global leaders to support nature conservation since 2010. The group welcomed Patricia Ricard, President of the Oceanographic Institute Paul Ricard, as a new Patron of Nature.
Other important IUCN events this week included a discussion about sustainable land use in “Indonesia: Celebrating a Decade of Reduced Deforestation” and “The Polar Initiative: Beyond the Ice” about the worldwide impacts of arctic extremes.
Ms. Al Mubarak stated:
“Mutual support across disciplines and institutions like IUCN, COP28 UAE and now COP29 Azerbaijan and COP16 Colombia will be fundamental to advance nature-based solutions. We must keep advocating in their favor against the planetary crisis of biodiversity loss and climate change.”