In October 2025 the IUCN will be hosting the World Conservation Congress (WCC) in Abu Dhabi. In the lead up to this event the IUCN have been holding a series of Vital Sites webinars. The Vital Sites series is designed to focus on priority topics related to protected and conserved areas and will focus on new and emerging themes.
On July 17th 2025, the Establishing MPAs in a Changing Climate technical report was presented at a Vital Sites Webinar by members of the International Partnership on MPAs, Biodiversity and Climate Change and the IUCN WCPA Climate Change Specialist Group. The four key principles from the report of understand change, strengthen adaptation and resilience, ensure equity and inclusivity and generate holistic co-benefits were introduced. The session also featured some of the case studies that are included in the report including from Indonesia, the Kenya/Tanzania border and the United Kingdom. These case studies demonstrated how protected and conserved areas can be designed to deliver ecological and social outcomes whilst also building resilience to the impacts of climate change. The webinar recording can be found here.
You can download and read the Establishing MPAs in a Changing Climate report here.
The International Partnership on MPAs, Biodiversity and Climate Change is continuing to collect case studies which demonstrate how any one or all of the four principles have been applied in different countries in practice. For more information or to submit a case study please contact us.