Turn commitments into action in Doha, says IUCN 26 November 2012
| News story The great potential of nature as a cost-effective
and no-regret solution to the climate challenge should be one of
the central issues at the annual UN climate change summit which
starts today in Doha, Qatar. The climate conference will aim to
build on the restored mutual trust in the multilateral process
from the last two years. Honouring existing commitments and
turning agreed decisions into action will be at the heart of
this year’s major climate event. “We have to realise that
implementing the solutions that nature provides doesn’t come at
the cost of jobs or economic growth,” says Stewart Maginnis,
Director of IUCN’s Environment and Development Group. “With many
countries and communities already using solutions offered by
nature to adapt to the devastating impacts of climate change and
to reduce their dangerous greenhouse gas emissions, more needs
to be done to promote these solutions globally.” Halting the
loss and degradation