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 Mon, 04/04/2022 Anonymous Walmart Quotes IPBES Pollination Assessment - Committing to Promote U.S. Pollinator Health English (396) In 2020 Walmart committed to becoming a regenerative company. In April 2021, quoting several findings from IPBES Pollination Assessment, Walmart U.S. debuted a policy to protect US pollinators. They have also taken steps to protect and restore natural resources involved in the production of their goods, and aims to help protect, manage, or restore at least 50 million acres of land and one million square miles of ocean by 2030. See also: https://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2021/04/13/restoring-pollinator-habitats-is-key-to-feeding-the-future New/changed commitment Website Walmart establishes policy to protect pollinators Walmart establishes policy to protect pollinators https://www.grocerydive.com/news/walmart-establishes-policy-to-protect-pollinators/598371/ 2021-04-13 National Americas United States of America private Britt Curley IPBES Programme Management Assistant-Communications Secretariat: Bonn
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 Thu, 21/10/2021 Anonymous Walmart U.S. Announces New Pollinator Commitments, Pointing to IPBES Pollination Assessment English (396) Walmart U.S. points to IPBES Assessment Report on Pollinators, Pollination and Food Production in their announcement that new pollinator commitments will be taken up to improve pollinator health and biodiversity in the regions in which they operate. These new commitments serve as the largest pollinator health effort from a U.S. grocery retailer to-date, aiming to reduce several pollinator threats through promoting integrated pest management practices and improving and expanding pollinator habitats.
 New/changed commitment Website Restoring Pollinator Habitats is Key to Feeding the Future Restoring Pollinator Habitats is Key to Feeding the Future https://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2021/04/13/restoring-pollinator-habitats-is-key-to-feeding-the-future 2021-04-13 National Americas private Britt Curley IPBES Programme Management Assistant-Communications Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous BNP Paribas Group Creates Coalitions to Preserve Biodiversity and Looks to IPBES Assessment Findings to Map Global Issues French (397) BNP Paribas Group has chosen to act within coalitions in order to collectively face the global challenges of preserving biodiversity, and looks to IPBES Global Assessment findings to successfully map global issues. Saying "no single actor can be the solution alone," the Group aims to pool strengths to find solutions that will preserve biodiversity, and through numerous actions and partnerships, seeks to inform the general public about ongoing natural emergencies, to which it is imperative to provide a collective, effective and immediate response. New/changed commitment Website Preservation of biodiversity: BNP Paribas activates the collective commitment Preservation of biodiversity: BNP Paribas activates the collective commitment https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/BNP-PARIBAS-4618/actualite/Preservation-de-la-biodiversite-BNP-Paribas-actionne-l-engagement-collectif-33093969/ 2021-04-28 Multi-organizational/network Europe and Central Asia France public Britt Curley IPBES Programme Management Assistant-Communications Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous A Multi-Author Policy Perspective Paper Draws on IPBES Assessment Findings to Recommend Action in Priority Areas in Post-2020 Agenda English (396) Drawing on the IPBES findings, this policy perspective, published in Conservation Letters, A Journal for the Society of Conservation of Biology, discusses actions in four priority areas to inform the post-2020 agenda: (1) Increasing funding for conservation; (2) redirecting incentives for sustainability; (3) creating an enabling regulatory environment; and (4) reforming metrics to assess biodiversity impacts and progress toward sustainable and just goals. The four key areas discussed provide opportunities for governments, businesses and civil society to work together to "implement actions that combine short-term impacts with structural change to shift economic systems away from a fixation with growth toward human and ecological well-being". New/changed idea Website Enabling transformative economic change in the post-2020 biodiversity agenda Enabling transformative economic change in the post-2020 biodiversity agenda https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/conl.12805 2021-05-03 Global public Britt Curley IPBES Assistant Programme Management-Communications Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous BCG-NABU Report Cites Global Assessment Making a Case for the Biodiversity Imperative for Business English (396) A joint project between the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Germany’s Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU, the Partner of BirdLife International in Germany), this report aims to highlight the importance of biodiversity as the indispensable foundation of the global economy and human well-being, and invites businesses, politicians, and society to add their contributions. The report cites multiple findings from the IPBES Global Assessment and calls for all stakeholders to join forces in the common interest of preserving biodiversity. New/changed research project Other The Biodiversity Imperative for Business. Preserving the Foundations of Our Well-Being The Biodiversity Imperative for Business. Preserving the Foundations of Our Well-Being https://web-assets.bcg.com/2a/f5/e95293214c29877c11251290ebca/2020-09-the-biodiversity-imperative-for-business-final2-002.pdf 2020-09-01 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional public Britt Curley IPBES Programme Management Assistant-Communications Secretariat: Bonn
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 Wed, 24/08/2022 Anonymous Colombia Launched its National Biodiversity and Ecosystem Assessment Based on IPBES Methodology English (396) After the three-year's of work, Colombia’s National Ecosystem Assessment was launched virtually on 30 June 2021. During the assessment, 105 experts from scientific, traditional and local knowledge backgrounds came together to articulate multiple scenarios for the trajectory of Colombia’s biodiversity and ecosystems until 2050 and its impacts on people's well-being with close reference to the IPBES guide on the production of assessments. During the launch event, the authors and experts called for an urgent need to shift to better environmental management and stronger implementation of environmental legislation to halt the country’s rapid biodiversity loss. See also: http://humboldt.org.co/images/pdf/10721/RTDFinalv290621.pdf New/changed research project Website Colombia’s first National Ecosystem Assessment Sounds the Alarm for Biodiversity Decline Colombia’s first National Ecosystem Assessment Sounds the Alarm for Biodiversity Decline https://www.besnet.world/colombia%E2%80%99s-first-national-ecosystem-assessment-sounds-alarm-biodiversity-decline 2021-06-30 National Americas Colombia public Yuko Kurauchi UNDP Policy Specialist IPBES Observer
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous Paper Cites IPBES in Case Study Seeking to Identify Link Between Potential Futures and the Values Underpinning Them in Protected Land Areas in Czechia English (396) Drawing on IPBES Methodological Assessment Report's "future thinking", an approach helping people to understand and tackle complex sustainability, this study aims to address the gap between understanding the scope of the root causes of human decisions and actions, and the link between anthropogenic drivers and their potential future impacts on nature in local regions. Through the design and implementation of a local-scale participatory value-based scenario building process, this study explores the relationships between (1) multiple types of values, (2) actions taken by different types of stakeholders, and (3) their potential impacts on nature, nature’s contributions to people (including ecosystem services) and good quality of life. This paper summarizes the results and lessons learnt from an array of value-based participatory scenario-building processes in the context of Protected Land Areas in a Czechia, in Central Europe, and reflects on the utility of value-based participatory scenario planning as a means to strengthen sustainable governance. New/changed idea Website Linking multiple values of nature with future impacts: value-based participatory scenario development for sustainable landscape governance Linking multiple values of nature with future impacts: value-based participatory scenario development for sustainable landscape governance https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-021-00953-8 2021-05-12 Europe and Central Asia Czechia public Britt Curley IPBES Assistant Programme Management-Communications Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous US Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Cite IPBES Work in Hearing on Protecting Biodiversity The US Senate Environment and Public Works Committee prepared the soil for future legislative and budgetary actions on protecting biodiversity, citing IPBES Assessment and calling the report "a kind of alarm bell". Just ahead of the Biden administration's release of its full fiscal 2022 budget proposal, Committee Chair Tom Carper (Democrat from Delaware) called biodiversity loss "an issue on which our committee has a bipartisan record of success" and added that "we must also ensure that the federal budget provides robust funding for wildlife protection."
New/changed action/initiative Print Article Lawmakers seek solutions to biodiversity crisis Lawmakers seek solutions to biodiversity crisis 2021-05-20 USD United States of America public Britt Curley IPBES Programme Management Assistant-Communications Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous G7 Ministers Responsible for Climate and Environment Referenced IPBES Assessment in Policy Paper Outlining Firm Commitments to Address Joint Climate and Biodiversity Crisis English (396) The G7 Ministers responsible for Climate and Environment met virtually on May 21, 2021 in London to discuss the joint climate and biodiversity crisis. In a subsequently produced policy paper, Members acknowledge their recognition of the unprecedented and interdependent crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, and referenced recent assessments, including IPBES Assessment, which document that "rapid and far-reaching transformations across all sectors of society and the economy are necessary to tackle climate change, environmental degradation and biodiversity loss". The policy paper outlines a range of commitments to address the crises including a move towards global sustainability, and a commitment to ensure that actions taken will "maximise the opportunities to solve these crises in parallel".
New/changed commitment Website G7 Climate and Environment: Ministers’ Communiqué G7 Climate and Environment: Ministers’ Communiqué https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/g7-climate-and-environment-ministers-meeting-may-2021-communique/g7-climate-and-environment-ministers-communique-london-21-may-2021 2021-05-21 Multi-organizational/network public Britt Curley IPBES Programme Management Assistant-Communications Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous Study Cites IPBES Assessment in Making the Case for a New Narrative in Addressing the Risk of the Emergence of Zoonoses English (396) Author Thijs Kuiken supports the IPBES assessment that 2030 goals for conserving and sustainably using nature and achieving sustainability can only be achieved through transformative changes across economic, social, political and technological factors. Kuiken argues along the same lines that in the global efforts to reduce the risk of emerging zoonoses, the current anthrocentric narrative must be replaced with a new ecocentric narrative that promotes a sustainable way of living, one where human are an integral part of nature and balance our needs with those of other living species. New/changed idea Print Article Implications of Transformative Changes for Research on Emerging Zoonoses Implications of Transformative Changes for Research on Emerging Zoonoses 2021-05-27 Cross-regional public Britt Curley IPBES Programme Management Assistant-Communications Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative and CBD Workshop Highlights Importance Addressing Trade in Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, Referencing IPBES Assessment Call for Sustainable Trade English (396) The post-2020 global biodiversity framework aims for a transformational change towards the objectives of the CBD and other global biodiversity objectives, including the shift to sustainable trade. The workshop and subsequent report highlight trade as an important part of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework discussions and its future implementation, citing IPBES Assessment: "Trade, underpinned by social values and behaviors, may either be considered an indirect driver of biodiversity loss or an important factor in solving sustainability challenges". New/changed action/initiative Print Article Online Workshop on trade and biodiversity for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework - Workshop Report Online Workshop on trade and biodiversity for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework - Workshop Report 2021-05-06 Cross-regional public Britt Curley IPBES Programme Management Assistant-Communications Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous French NGO Summary Report Highlights IPBES Pandemic Report Key Findings French (397) The summary document, published by Citoyens Pour Le Climat ("Citizens for the Climate"), a French non-partisan group of individuals determined to bring together ideas and strengths to safeguard climate and biodiversity, summarizes the IPBES Pandemics Report and its executive summary. New/changed idea Print Article IPBES Report Summary, Biodiversity and Pandemics IPBES Report Summary, Biodiversity and Pandemics https://citoyenspourleclimat.org/ Individual Europe and Central Asia France public Britt Curley IPBES Assistant Programme Management-Communications Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 bcurley1012 Two authors of IPBES Global Assessment Draw Lessons About How to Represent Biodiversity in Assessments and How Biodiversity Knowledge Can Inform Effective and Legitimate Actions English (396) The research article draws lessons from the IPBES Global Assessment about how to represent and govern biodiversity. The authors argue that while attempts to emulate climate science and governance are understandable, for biodiversity this is not a good idea. A narrow focus on biodiversity as species and biodiversity loss as species extinction may be easy to communicate and attractive for policy makers, NGOs or media to signal the urgency of the biodiversity crisis, but it is seriously limited in its ability to reflect diverse values and worldviews and catalyse the effective action that is needed to ensure the wellbeing of people and nature. New/changed idea Website Biodiversity and species extinction: categorisation, calculation, and communication Biodiversity and species extinction: categorisation, calculation, and communication https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10383441.2020.1925204 2021-07-17 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional public Britt Curley IPBES Programme Management Assistant - Communications Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 bcurley1012 Informed by Key IPBES Assessment Findings, House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee Examines the State of Biodiversity in the UK and Actions Towards Biodiversity Protection English (396) The UK Government announced a ‘state of nature’ target aimed at halting the decline in nature in England by 2030, and plans to implement a raft of environmental policies to achieve these goals. While these policies are a welcome start, in their current form they do not represent the transformative change required to bend the curve of biodiversity loss. To help achieve the transformative change necessary, the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee proposes a package of recommendations spanning biodiversity monitoring, funding, policy implementation, economics, and education. Informed by key IPBES Assessment findings, this report examines the state of biodiversity in the UK and how the UK can best protect and enhance biodiversity in the future, and seeks to evaluate the extent to which the UK is doing its part to deliver the transformative change necessary to reverse biodiversity loss. New/changed commitment Print Article Biodiversity in the UK: bloom or bust? First Report of Session 2021–22 Biodiversity in the UK: bloom or bust? First Report of Session 2021–22 2021-06-23 Europe and Central Asia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland public Britt Curley IPBES Programme Management Assistant - Communications Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 bcurley1012 Informed by Findings from IPBES Pandemics Report, Campaigning Organization Avaaz Calls on G20 Leaders to Include 20 Key Ingredients for a Just, Equitable and Sustainable the G20 Communique English (396) In a brief to the G20 leaders, the campaigning organization Avaaz says governments have a key role to play in transformational recovery: it is time to align our economic policies with the realities of nature, and full respect of human rights. The organization outlines 20 'key ingredients' that should be included in the G20 communique for a just, equitable and sustainable recover. New/changed idea Print Article 20 Ingredients for a Successful G20 Communiqué - Naples’ favorite toppings to put our Planet and People back on track 20 Ingredients for a Successful G20 Communiqué - Naples’ favorite toppings to put our Planet and People back on track 2021-06-03 Cross-regional public Britt Curley IPBES Assistant Programme Management - Communications Secretariat: Bonn