Impact Tracking Page

Welcome to the IPBES Impact Tracking Database (TRACK).

The purpose of TRACK is to record, document and share examples of the use of IPBES outputs, such as the IPBES assessment reports, in decision-making or in science.

TRACK is not designed to be comprehensive, analytically rigorous or serve a wider monitoring function – it makes no claim to be an exhaustive list of IPBES impacts. It is, instead, an indicative list for the primary purpose of IPBES communications, outreach and public relations. Apart from a basic eligibility screening, the IPBES secretariat does not independently verify the examples listed in TRACK, which are primarily gleaned from third party stakeholders, media reports and similar sources.

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Title Type(s) of impacts generated Impact date Scale of impact Region of Impact Country/ies of impact Website Relevant IPBES deliverable(s) Private/Public sector impact? edit
Building on IPBES Global Assessment, Article in PNAS Provides Synthesis of 50-Year Global Trends in Nature's Contributions to People New article 22 Dec 2020 website Global assessment (1st work programme) public
Dissertation Explores "The evolution of international environmental law in the Mediterranean: What modalities of influence for IPBES?" New/changed action/initiative 17 Dec 2020 Multi-organizational/network Europe and Central Asia France website Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) public
Convention on Biological Diversity Special Session Held to Discuss Evidence from IPBES Products, Among Others New/changed action/initiative 15 Dec 2020 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional website Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) public
Fidelity Investments Inc. Includes IPBES Global Assessment Key Findings in List of Top Three ESG Themes for 2021 New/changed action/initiative 10 Dec 2020 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional United States of America website Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) public
IPBES Global Assessment cited in U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Natural Resources written testimony by Prof. Jane Lubchenco New/changed action/initiative 27 Nov 2020 National Americas United States of America website Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) public
After IPBES-Inspired Declaration of Ecological Emergency, Glasgow City Council Working Group Publishes Report and Recommendations, Prominently Citing IPBES Global Assessment New/changed action/initiative 24 Nov 2020 City/Community Europe and Central Asia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland website Building capacity (1st work programme), Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) public
IPBES Pandemics Report Cited in Wildlife Conservation 20 Declaration on "Prioritising nature, health and people in an effective and equitable COVID-19 recovery and response" New/changed action/initiative 20 Nov 2020 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional website Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) public
Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment Platform uses IPBES Conceptual Framework in Study on "Nature and People in the Andes, East African Mountains, European Alps, and Hindu Kush Himalaya" New/changed action/initiative 20 Nov 2020 website Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Regional assessments public
IPBES Publications Inform Handbook on the Use of Biodiversity Scenarios in Support of Decision-Making New/changed action/initiative 18 Nov 2020 Global website Building capacity (1st work programme), Communications, Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme), Scenarios and models assessment public
Friuli Venezia Giulia Regional Counselor Ilaria Dal Zovo cites IPBES Workshop Report on Biodiversity and Pandemics in Parliamentary Exchange New/changed action/initiative 18 Nov 2020 Regional Europe and Central Asia Italy website Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) public
Norwegian Climate and Environment Minister Sveinung Rotevatn cites IPBES in biannual report to Norwegian Parliament New/changed action/initiative 17 Nov 2020 National Europe and Central Asia Sweden website Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) public
IPBES Global Assessment Finding Cited as a Key Reason "Why Fund Managers Started Worrying About Biodiversity," and Report Cited Prominently For Further Reading New/changed action/initiative 13 Nov 2020 Global Cross-regional website Global assessment (1st work programme) private
Following Release of IPBES Pandemics Report, Global Biodiversity Information Facility Announces Task Group to Enhance Research of Species Linked to Human Diseases New/changed network 02 Nov 2020 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional website Knowledge and data (1st work programme) public
In Media Conference, German Environment Minister Svenja Schulze Presented Key Findings from the IPBES Pandemics Report, Calling for "Large Investments" to Prevent Pandemics New/changed action/initiative 30 Oct 2020 National Europe and Central Asia Germany website Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) public
Inspired by IPBES Pandemics Report, Twitter User and UK Constituent @BorisLetters Sends Letter to Boris Johnson Regarding Potential for Zoonoses and the Costs of Preventing Pandemics New/changed action/initiative 30 Oct 2020 Individual Europe and Central Asia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland website Communications public
Citing IPBES Pandemics Report, WWF Germany Calls on EU to "take a pioneering role in ecological pandemic preparedness" New/changed action/initiative 29 Oct 2020 Regional Europe and Central Asia European Union website Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) public
Finnish Environment Minister Mikkonen, Citing IPBES Pandemics Report Calls for Tackling 'Over-consumption in order to curb pandemics, natural disasters and the climate crisis' New/changed action/initiative 29 Oct 2020 National Europe and Central Asia Finland website Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) public
UK Green Party Welcomes IPBES Pandemics Report and Calls for 'Repairing Our Relationship with Nature to Avoid Pandemics in the Future' New/changed action/initiative 29 Oct 2020 National Europe and Central Asia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland website Communications, Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) public
New Report 'Bankrolling Extinction' Cites IPBES Global Assessment in Examination of Banking Sector's Role in Biodiversity Crisis New/changed research project 28 Oct 2020 Global Cross-regional website Global assessment (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) public
Citing IPBES Global Assessment, Schneider Electric Announces its Corporate Actions to Reverse Biodiversity Loss New/changed action/initiative 23 Oct 2020 Organizational Europe and Central Asia France website Global assessment (1st work programme) private
Citing IPBES Global Assessment as a 'Wake-Up Call', Nordic Co-operation Mobilizes Youth Participation in Convention on Biological Diversity Process New/changed action/initiative 23 Oct 2020 Multi-organizational/network Europe and Central Asia Denmark website Global assessment (1st work programme) public
Multiple IPBES Assessment Reports Cited in French Foundation for Biodiversity Research (FRB) Report on French Actions in Light of IPBES Findings New/changed action/initiative 23 Oct 2020 National Europe and Central Asia France website Invasive alien species assessment, Values assessment, Global assessment (1st work programme), Pollination assessment, Building capacity (1st work programme), Europe and Central Asia assessment public
IPBES Selected as 2020 WIN WIN Gothenburg Sustainability Award Winner Other 22 Oct 2020 Organizational Europe and Central Asia Sweden website Global assessment (1st work programme), Pollination assessment, Regional assessments, Scenarios and models assessment, Communications, Land degradation and restoration assessment public
IPBES Experts Provide Oral Evidence from Global Assessment to Hearing on Biodiversity and Ecosystems to UK Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee New/changed action/initiative 22 Oct 2020 National Europe and Central Asia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland website Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) public
IPBES Assessments Cited in European Environment Agency Report 'State of nature in the EU: Results from reporting under the nature directives 2013-2018' New/changed action/initiative 19 Oct 2020 Regional Europe and Central Asia European Union website Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme), Europe and Central Asia assessment, Knowledge and data (1st work programme) public
European Economic and Social Committee Cites IPBES Global Assessment in Opinion on EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy and Calls for Higher Ambition New/changed action/initiative 09 Oct 2020 Regional Europe and Central Asia European Union website Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) public
IPBES Evidence Used as Key Appeal for 'Save Bees and Farmers' European Citizens' Initiative New/changed action/initiative 30 Sep 2020 Regional Europe and Central Asia European Union website Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) public
IPBES Global Assessment Finding That 1 Million Species Risk Extinction Cited in Fauna and Flora International Petition New/changed action/initiative 28 Sep 2020 Global Cross-regional website Global assessment (1st work programme) public
World Bank Group Report on Mobilizing Private Finance for Nature Prominently Incorporating Findings from IPBES Global Assessment New/changed action/initiative 28 Sep 2020 Multi-organizational/network website Global assessment (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme), Pollination assessment public
Article in the Journal Conservation Biology Builds on IPBES Global Assessment and Calls for Methodology to Include 'Airspace Habitat' New article 25 Sep 2020 website Global assessment (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme) public