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This report on Marine spatial planning (MSP) offers coastal countries a tool to address current challenges. MSP provides spatial mapping of BES and the threats they face, bringing together diverse users in a participatory, holistic approach that promotes the mainstreaming of BES into goals for other economic sectors. It allows for trade-offs between different oceanic sectors to help build a more sustainable approach for the use of common resources.

This IUCN guide helps owners and managers of small and large hotels in the Caribbean to conserve nature through day-to-day hotel operations. This guide is meant to complement the many tools that are already available to help reduce environmental impacts in hotels, by using appropriate siting, design and construction practices, and by improving management of energy and water consumption, and disposal of wastewater and solid wastes.

The Nature Conservancy’s Blue Bonds for Conservation model helps governments unlock funding for conservation—and could benefit millions of people in coastal regions. Demonstrated by successful projects in Barbados, Belize and the Seychelles. The Blue Bonds strategy combines conservation finance with TNC’s science and marine planning expertise to help governments unlock funds at a scale that delivers against their conservation goals while also supporting the well-being of their communities and economies. The strategy is aligned with global goals to protect 30% of the world’s ocean, lands and freshwater by 2030.

The Intrepid Foundation is supporting the Blue Carbon Lab to help restore natural coastal wetland areas around Port Philip Bay near Melbourne. The Blue Carbon Lab uses cutting-edge blue carbon research to mitigate climate change to support the restoration and protection of three crucial blue carbon ecosystems across Victoria.

This IUCN report highlights the importance of biodiversity in hotels, and provides principles to integrate biodiversity-friendly actions into the design of hotel and resort buildings and in their daily operations.

This CDIA plan serves as a case study that includes a Project Preparation Study for the closure of dumpsites and the subsequent construction of a new sanitary landfill as well as a solid waste transfer station. This project in Cagayan de Oro City in the Philippines also resulted in the City Local Environmental and Natural Resource Office to prepare a 10-year solid waste management plan which including budgeting resources.

Use the Sustainable Travel International carbon footprint calculator to calculate travel emissions and purchase carbon offsets.

This CREST film presents the importance and practical steps to approach green travel for tourism businesses in the Caribbean.

The Outdoor Industry Association founded the Climate Action Corps in 2020 to harness the power of collaboration to address the threat of climate change to the outdoor industry. Understanding that employees, shareholders, customers, and – most importantly – the next generations are expecting businesses to be the change. To date, 100 and growing Climate Action Corps members have demonstrated tremendous progress on measuring, setting targets, reducing emissions, and showed up in unprecedented numbers to demand equally bold policy action. Annual Progress Reports and collective highlights from 2021 are included in this progress update.

This report surveyed 30 tourism operators globally using the IUCN NbS Global Standard to assess how NbS are enabling destinations to take proactive climate action. The paper outlined 5 Principles for Effective Nature-based Solutions in the Tourism Sector with practical guidelines, action steps, and case studies highlighting action taken by industry leaders. With over 17 affiliate partners joining to amplify the important message behind the white paper, the research has been well-received by an industry that to date has little practical guidance for increasing investment in NbS at scale. Blue tourism operators in coastal destinations and the NbS they are using were heavily featured in this report.