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Multilateral partners

Funding from Multilateral partners enables IUCN to scale and replicate innovative and impactful solutions and develop and enhance partnerships to accelerate conservation success.

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Multilateral partners provide nearly half of IUCN’s annual funding. The European Commission, the Green Climate Fund and the Global Environment Facility are particularly important partners with whom IUCN collaborates on a significant and growing portfolio, including:
 

  • Climate change adaptation and mitigation
  • The implementation of Nature-based Solutions for improved ecosystem and landscape management
  • River basin management at the nexus of food-water-biodiversity improvement
  • Development of a blue economy prioritizing the sustainable and profitable use of marine resources
  • Management of biodiversity in international waters beyond national boundaries 
  • Inclusive conservation activities which honour and harness the perspectives of all citizens for equitable and just outcomes

Multilateral partners

  • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
  • European Commission
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  • Global Environment Facility
  • Green Climate Fund
  • Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
  • Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity 
  • United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
  • United Nations Development Programme 
  • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  • United Nations Environment Programme 
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
  • United Nations World Food Programme
  • World Bank Group