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Where to obtain guidance in the renewable energy sector
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization launched in 1948 in Fontainebleau, France. It has since then become the global authority on the state of the natural environment all while offering the measures we need to apply to safeguard it. Its goal was to protect nature and it has evolved in the gathering of data and analysis, research, field projects, advocacy and education.
In the 2000s, IUCN pioneered “nature based solutions” and today, it can count on the experience, resources and reach of its more than 1,400 Member organizations. It also includes the knowledge of more than 18,000 experts, resulting in IUCN being the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it.
As your publisher I am proud to share that I have partnered with its former European Director Luc Bas during the course of many years, resulting in four collaborations with my “Sustainability Week Belgium” productions and some of my “Eco Hero Lab” master classes and online events. I was also able to attend one of their RED LIST (*) events in the Bronx Zoo and met with some of their supporters including Marie-Claire Daveu, the Chief Sustainability Officer from Kering. Ed Norton was another notable attendee, whose fabulous environmental hosting gigs include “strange days of planet earth,” screened at the 2008 edition of the Sustainable Planet film festival in Manhattan.
(*) The IUN Red List is an indicator for the health of the world’s biodiversity.
Expert panel at the European headquarters of IUCN during second edition of the Sustainability Week production with Pedro Ballesteros (Mayors Covenant European Union) and Luc Bas.
Since our energy choices and investments affect biodiversity directly, we thought it might be important to offer you guidance in the renewable energy and have added several industry guides from the IUCN, that might assist you towards more sustainable knowledge and choices.
Industry guidance for early screening of biodiversity risk for solar energy development
This document provides brief practical guidance on early risk screening for solar projects. It outlines how to identify and avoid areas of high biodiversity sensitivity, based on the IUCN/TBC Guidelines for Mitigating biodiversity impacts associated with solar and wind energy development. It is relevant to both project financers and developers and is applicable to developments around the world.
Industry guidance for early screening of biodiversity risk for onshore wind energy development
This document provides brief practical guidance on early risk screening for onshore wind projects. It outlines how to identify and avoid areas of high biodiversity sensitivity, based on the IUCN/TBC Guidelines for Mitigating biodiversity impacts associated with solar and wind energy development. It is relevant to both project financers and developers and is applicable to developments around the world.
Industry guidance for early screening of biodiversity risk for offshore wind energy development
This document provides brief practical guidance on early risk screening for offshore wind projects. It outlines how to identify and avoid areas of high biodiversity sensitivity, based on the IUCN/TBC Guidelines for Mitigating biodiversity impacts associated with solar and wind energy development. It is relevant to both project financers and developers and is applicable to developments around the world.
Mitigating biodiversity impacts associated with solar and wind energy development
The guidelines provide practical support for solar and wind energy developments by effectively managing risks and improving overall outcomes related to biodiversity and ecosystem services. They are industry-focused and can be applied across the whole project development life cycle, from early planning through to decommissioning and repowering, using the mitigation hierarchy as a clear framework for planning and implementation.
