{"id":348379,"date":"2025-10-18T17:39:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T12:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=348379"},"modified":"2025-10-18T17:39:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T12:09:07","slug":"motion-042","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/motion-042\/","title":{"rendered":"Motion 042"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>News: <\/strong>Recently,\u00a0International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has adopted Motion 042, becoming the first multilateral organisation to directly recognise fossil fuel production as a threat to nature.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>About Motion 042<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 269px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gumlet.assettype.com\/downtoearth%2F2025-10-16%2Fnlieiv9x%2FFossil-Fuels.jpg?resize=269%2C179&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Motion 042\" width=\"269\" height=\"179\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: DTE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Adopted by:<\/strong> International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on October 16<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">The motion was passed during the<strong> IUCN World Conservation Congress.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Tabled by:<\/strong> World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Co-sponsored by:\u00a0<\/strong> BirdLife International, the Coordinadora de la Organizaciones Ind\u00edgenas de la Cuenca Amaz\u00f3nica (COICA), and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">IUCN became the <strong data-start=\"355\" data-end=\"382\">first multilateral body<\/strong> to <strong data-start=\"386\" data-end=\"455\">explicitly recognize fossil fuel production as a threat to nature<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">It urges governments and civil society <strong>to address the root causes of the interconnected climate and biodiversity crises by focusing on supply-side measures.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Motion 042 urges states to phase out <strong>coal, oil, and gas; halt new extraction projects; and ensure a just transition for workers and communities. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">It also encourages exploration of new international instruments\u00a0<strong>to address critical gap in global governance on fossil fuel supply. <\/strong>(including potential Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0It <strong>prioritise ecosystem protection<\/strong> at the source of extraction and opposing new fossil fuel expansion.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3697\" data-end=\"3718\"><strong data-start=\"3697\" data-end=\"3716\">Linked Motions:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\" data-start=\"3723\" data-end=\"3860\"><strong data-start=\"3723\" data-end=\"3738\">Motion 038:<\/strong> Calls for implementation of the Paris Agreement\u2019s goals and a <strong data-start=\"3801\" data-end=\"3834\">\u201cjust, orderly and equitable\u201d<\/strong> fossil fuel transition.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\" data-start=\"3865\" data-end=\"4018\"><strong data-start=\"3865\" data-end=\"3880\">Motion 141:<\/strong> Welcomes the <strong data-start=\"3894\" data-end=\"3918\">ICJ advisory opinion<\/strong> affirming states<strong>\u2019 legal obligations to prevent climate harm and protect intergenerational rights.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Recently,\u00a0International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has adopted Motion 042, becoming the first multilateral organisation to directly recognise fossil fuel production as a threat to nature. About Motion 042 Adopted by: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on October 16 The motion was passed during the IUCN World Conservation Congress. Tabled by:&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/motion-042\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Motion 042<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039],"tags":[11872,10504],"class_list":["post-348379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-down-to-earth","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}