Virtual Peatlands Pavilion

Explore the world’s peatlands from the comfort of your own home in an immersive low-carbon alternative to physical travel.

The Virtual Peatlands Pavilions are a collaboration between the IUCN UK Peatland Programme and the United Nations Environment Programme-led Global Peatlands Initiative. They exist to highlight the importance of global peatlands for people and the planet as a key nature-based solution to climate change. Each one has been designed for a UN Climate Change Conference, starting with COP26 in 2021. Our most recent pavilion embarked on a world tour during 2024-25, featuring at events from Abu Dhabi to Derry.  

The pavilions contain 3D tours with a wealth of inspiring peatland materials from around the world in a variety of formats to suit everyone. There are immersive 360⁰ views of peatlands from Australia to Peru and introductory videos on what peatlands are and why they matter. The Pavilions also showcase creative inspiration from peatlands including music, artwork displays and audio-visual explorations. 

We're currently updating our latest pavilion for COP31 in November 2026. We'd love to feature every country with peatland (which is almost all of them)! If you'd like to submit content for COP31, you have until Friday 16 October.

These Pavilions were created by our Senior Research Advisor Richard Lindsay from the Sustainability Research Institute at the University of East London, in partnership with the IUCN UK Peatland Programme and supported by the United Nations Environment Programme-led Global Peatlands Initiative. They are a global collaboration between the United Nations, global States, NGOs, academia, practitioners, business communities and many others. They have been created as a long-lasting resource and knowledge hub and are designed to evolve as new content from across the global peatland community is added.  

(Please note that only the current Peatlands Pavilion is being updated and maintained).