CEC recognises that knowledge is only useful in influencing conservation policies and actions if people are engaged in constructive dialogue and motivated to action by its findings. In this line, the Commission drives change for the co-creation of sustainable solutions through leading communication, learning and knowledge management in IUCN and the wider conservation community.
To strengthen the work of the Union through creative, innovative, participatory, responsive, and effective communication and education, as tools to effect positive social and behavioural change for the well-being of people and planet.
CEC members are professionals from around the globe who volunteer their time and talent in pursuit of sustainability. We encourage diversity in terms of experience, disciplines, cultures, languages, ages and gender.
As a CEC Member, you are invited to join and contribute to our programme priorities and be part of their networks. Our networks are focused on weaving communities of practice between members, initiatives, countries and regions.
The Commission undertakes its mission through engaging its members’ expertise, research and actions, including indigenous and traditional knowledge, to support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the IUCN Programme, the post-2020 biodiversity framework, and other emerging needs and priorities of IUCN. We undertake this work through four programme priorities.
A global movement to inspire, celebrate and restore love of nature. Share your love of Nature!
Nature Education for Sustainability
CEC aims to integrate nature education as part of the formal, non formal, and informal education systems. Share your expertise!
Youth Engagement and Intergenerational Partnerships
CEC supports the inclusion and empowerment of young people to advance Nature 2030. Join us!
A global movement to listen, discuss, imagine and act towards a sustainable planet. Reimagine with us!
Email: sean.southey@iucn.org
Sean is now in his second term as Chair of the IUCN CEC and is also President of Zamia Media. He is deeply committed to community empowerment and using creative media to ...
I see the role of our Commission as advancing our collective capacity to use the tools, ideas and creative approaches of education and communication to help create the social norms, values, organizations and behaviours that will help us realize the vision of IUCN and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Margaret is a passionate hands-on environmental education professional and the National Coordinator and CEO of the Wildlife Clubs of Kenya.
Katalin works for the Bavarian Academy for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management (ANL) as the international coordinator of the ELENA project. She served as CEC Deputy Chair until 2021.
The IUCN Commission on Education and Communication (CEC) extends the #NatureForAll invitation to be part of the Global Lessons on School Ground Greening and Outdoor Learning project, which aims to identify and disseminate successful…
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