IUCN World Conservation Congress Concludes

On 16th October 2025, the IUCN World Conservation Congress concluded in Abu Dhabi after a week of high-level deliberations that set a renewed global conservation agenda.

The congress brought together more than 10,000 delegates to discuss strategies for biodiversity protection, climate resilience, and environmental sustainability.
Motion 108, passed with over 90 percent support, called for global guidelines to regulate the capture and trade of wild animals in the pet industry, addressing the removal of millions of species from the wild annually.
Motion 87 established a framework for the responsible use of synthetic biology in conservation, balancing technological innovation with ethical and scientific safeguards.
Motion 42 on fossil fuel supply-side measures was adopted for the first time, urging guidance on a just phaseout of coal, oil, and gas, and was supported by WWF and the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative.