Advancing Pacific Resilience through IUCN Global Standards for NbS

11/10/2025

14:00 - 15:30

IUCN Oceania , Onsite

Exhibition

Exhibitor event

Scaling Up Resilient Conservation Action Transitioning to Nature-Positive Economies and Societies

Why attend

Introduce the revised IUCN Global NbS Standard and its relevance for the Pacific region.

Session Description

NbS are increasingly recognised as critical for addressing interconnected challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, and sustainable development. The revised standard, to be launched at the WCC, provides a rigorous and transparent framework to design, assess, and scale high-quality NbS interventions. This high-level side event will explore how the revised IUCN Global NbS Standard can be adapted for Pacific realities, and how emerging tools like the IUCN NbS Hub and online self-assessment platform can help projects align with global best practices. The event will also showcase how alignment with the Standard can be used to attract climate and biodiversity financing, engage the private sector, and feed into a global map of credible NbS projects.

Organised by

Oceania Region

Partners

Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability Programme, Pacific Community ( France )

Speaker

Charles Karangwa

Global Head Nature-based Solutions, IUCN

Shane ORCHARD

Environmental Consultant, University of Canterbury / Waterlink

ludovic BRANLANT

NbS Mainstreaming Adviser, Pacific Community (SPC)

Edna CABECINHA

Assisteat Professor, University of Tras-os Montes and Alto Douro /CITAB

Emmanuelle COHEN-SHACHAM

IUCN CEM Nature-based Solutions Thematic Group Lead, IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management

Angela Andrade

Chair IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management, IUCN

Mosese Bulitavu

Honourable Minister, Fiji Department of Environment

Moderator

Vinay SINGH

Regional NbS Coordinator, IUCN

Host

Vinay SINGH

Regional NbS Coordinator, IUCN