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238 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | National Council of Austria Declares Climate Emergency and Asks Government to Consider IPBES Reports as Factual Basis of Future Environmental Policies | German (435) | In response to the dangerous decline of nature, the National Council of Austria declared a Climate Emergency to send a strong political signal to develop better climate and environmental policy for the benefit of the country. As part of this resolution, the National Council also called on the Austrian government to consider IPBES reports as the factual basis for future climate and environmental policies. |
New/changed law/regulation | Website | PDF of parliamentary document | PDF of parliamentary document | https://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXVI/A/A_00935/fname_759166.pdf | 2019-07-02 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Austria | public | Michelle | Hahn-Baker | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
498 | Thu, 29/09/2022 | rspaull | Natural Environment Research Council Recruits 3-Year Postdoc at Aberystwyth University to Value Nature and Woodland in UK, Finland & Tanzania Building on IPBES Values Assessment | English (396) | The UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is recruiting a 3-year postdoctoral research position at Aberystwyth University's Business School to value nature and woodland in the UK, Finland and Tanzania, using valuaiton concepts and methods developed in the IPBES Values Assessment. | New/changed research project | Other | IPBES Values Assessment Leads to New Postdoc Research Postion | IPBES Values Assessment Leads to New Postdoc Research Postion | https://twitter.com/MikeChristieUni/status/1573329150022225922?s=20&t=3BxB6qb5QI6TDjaWnl_kww | 2022-09-26 | National | Cross-regional | Finland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Republic of Tanzania | public | Robert | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | ||||||||||||
287 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Natural HIstory Museum of Vienna Joins Global Alliance for Biodiversity, Cites IPBES Global Assessment | German (435) | The Natural History Museum of Vienna has joined a global alliance for biodiversity, citing findings of the IPBES Global Assessment as evidence of the urgent need to address biodiversity loss. The NHM Vienna highlights the steps it has been taking to protect biodiversity and explains that it “can and will make an important contribution to [biodiversity conservation] with its scientific expertise and diverse points of contact with society.” The NHM Vienna further explains that “the new worldwide alliance for biodiversity...offers an ideal basis for common global approaches.” |
New/changed network | Website | News article | News article | https://www.umwelt-journal.at/naturhistorisches-museum-wien-tritt-weltweitem-buendnis-fuer-biodiversitaet-bei/ | 2020-05-26 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | Austria | private | Michelle | Hahn-Baker | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
328 | Wed, 28/09/2022 | rspaull | Nature Editorial About Validity of Single Numerical Apex Target for Biodiversity Cites Global Assessment and Calls for IPBES to be Mandated to Advise | English (396) | The journal Nature published an editorial about recent academic calls for a single numerical apex target for global biodiversity action, citing the findings of the IPBES Global Assessment and arguing that IPBES - working with the CBD's scientific advisors - should be called on to advise. The editorial states that governments should make a formal request for such advice to the CBD without delay. | New article | Website | A proposal for one, simple goal, equivalent to the 2 °C climate target, needs to be thoroughly assessed | A proposal for one, simple goal, equivalent to the 2 °C climate target, needs to be thoroughly assessed | https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01936-y | 2020-06-30 | Global | public | Rob | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | ||||||||||||||
589 | Fri, 17/11/2023 | Fernando Neda | Nature Journal Editorial Utilizes IPBES Knowledge as it Calls to Improve Tracking and Statistics on Global Biodiversity | English (396) | In Nature journal's October 2023 edition, authors called for "incorporating the costs of biodiversity loss into economic planning," saying that "properly resourcing national statistical offices to coordinate environmental accounts" is "essential" to achieve the SDGs. The authors cite the System of Environmental Economic Accounting (SEEA) as an example of "integrating environmental indicators more closely with economic ones." "In 2019, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) — an organization similar to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — reported that ecological communities on land have lost more than 20% of their original biodiversity, and that millions of terrestrial species are likely to become extinct by 2100," wrote the authors, citing the IPBES Global Assessment (2019). "The costs of environmental damage, such as biodiversity loss, rarely factor into countries’ official calculations of income and wealth," reads the editorial. The journal issued a call to action urging experts and researchers to comment on the next revision of the UN Statistics Division's System of National Accounts (SNA). |
New article | Website | Seize the moment: researchers have a rare opportunity to make progress in protecting global biodiversity | Seize the moment: researchers have a rare opportunity to make progress in protecting global biodiversity | https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03103-5 | 2023-10-03 | Global |
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public | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | |||||||||||||
315 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | Nature's Contributions Concept Applied in Paper on "Decision-making for nature's contributions to people in the Cape Floristic Region: the role of values, rules and knowledge" | English (396) | A new paper in Sustainability Science builds on the Nature's Contributions to People concept regarding a case study on "Decision-making for nature's contributions to people in the Cape Floristic Region: the role of values, rules and knowledge" | New/changed research project | Website | Springer | Springer | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-020-00896-6 | 2021-01-08 | Subregional | Africa | South Africa | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
330 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | rspaull | Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) Issues Report Citing IPBES Global Assessment About Mobilising Dutch Business Towards Net Positive Impact | English (396) | The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) has issued a policy brief/report extensively citing the IPBES Global Assessment and focused on mobilising Dutch business towards Net Positive Impact on Nature | New/changed research project | Website | https://www.pbl.nl/en/publications/business-for-biodiversity | https://www.pbl.nl/en/publications/business-for-biodiversity | 2020-07-09 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | public | Rob | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
344 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | rspaull | Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) Publishes Report on Keeping Global Assessments Fit for Purpose | English (396) | The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) published a report on Keeping Global Environmental Assessments Fit for Purpose, using a number of IPBES outputs (and those of others like the IPCC) to assess and evaluate opportunities to improve these processes. | New/changed research project | Print Article | Keeping global environmental assessments fit for purpose | Keeping global environmental assessments fit for purpose | https://www.pbl.nl/en/publications/keeping-global-environmental-assessments-fit-for-purpose?s=09 | 2020-08-06 | Global | public | Rob | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||||
477 | Wed, 24/08/2022 | Anonymous | New French MPs Trained on IPBES and IPCC Reports | French (397) | Training of willing French newly elected MPs on their first day in office on the joint issues of climate change and biodiversity loss, building on the outcomes of IPBES and IPCC work. This is meant to inform the elaboration and review process of laws in the field of climate change attenuation and adaptation, biodiversity protection but also agriculture, among other. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Media article about the action | Media article about the action | https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/entry/apres-le-second-tour-des-legislatives-ces-scientifiques-veulent-former-les-nouveaux-deputes_fr_62a85bc6e4b04a617353fa85 | 2022-06-20 | 2022-06-22 | National | Europe and Central Asia | France | public | Ms. | Agnes | Hallosserie | French Foundation for Research on Biodiversity | Head of European and international coordination | Other | [email protected] | ||||||||||
563 | Wed, 19/04/2023 | CMousnier | New Natural Language AI Chat Tool Launched Focused on Climate & Biodiversity Based on Data from IPBES & IPCC Among Others | French (397) | Ekimetrics, a French company specialising in artificial intelligence and data management, recently unveiled "Climate Q&A", an AI that uses the same principle as ChatGPT but to answer questions about the climate or the environment based on scientific reports such as those of the IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and IPBES. Climate Q&A aims to make scientific reports on climate issues accessible. Moreover, the IPCC reports, but also those of the International Energy Agency, the Food and Agriculture Organisation and the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) are among the documents integrated into the AI for its research. Ekimetrics replied to an IPBES query that that do plan to add other existing and to-be-published IPBES Reports to the database in future. |
New/changed action/initiative | Website | Climate Q and A : Un nouveau ChatGPT dédié aux questions sur le climat | Climate Q and A : Un nouveau ChatGPT dédié aux questions sur le climat | https://leseclaireurs.canalplus.com/articles/comprendre/climate-q-and-a-le-nouveau-chatgpt-dedie-aux-questions-sur-le-climat | 2023-04-18 | Global | private | Charlotte | Mousnier | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | ||||||||||||||
245 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | New paper Draws on IPBES Regional and Global Assessments to Explore Usefulness of Scenario Archetypes in Science-Policy Processes | English (396) | A new paper draws on the IPBES Regional and Global Assessments to explore the usefulness of scenario archetypes in science-policy processes. The paper, authored by more than thirty authors, uses “a thematic analysis of (a) survey data collected from experts involved in the archetype analyses across IPBES assessments, (b) notes from IPBES workshops, and (c) regional assessment chapter texts, we synthesize the benefits, challenges, and frontiers of applying the scenario archetype approach in a science-policy process.” |
New/changed research project | Website | Link to article | Link to article | https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol24/iss3/art35/ | Multi-organizational/network | private | Michelle | Hahn-Baker | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||||
397 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | rspaull | New Report 'Bankrolling Extinction' Cites IPBES Global Assessment in Examination of Banking Sector's Role in Biodiversity Crisis | English (396) | A new report uses the findings of the Global Assessment Report to map and analyse the role of the banking sector in the global biodiversity crisis | New/changed research project | Website | https://theecologist.org/2020/oct/28/bankrolling-extinction | https://theecologist.org/2020/oct/28/bankrolling-extinction | 2020-10-28 | Global | Cross-regional |
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public | Robert | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
574 | Mon, 27/11/2023 | Fernando Neda | New Research Argues Population Growth Is Not The Main Driver of Biodiversity Loss Based on IPBES Global Scientific Consensus | English (396) | Researchers have used IPBES Global Assessment and the Sustainable Use of Wild Species Assessment findings to illustrate how the belief that human population growth is the main cause of biodiversity is erroneous. "...Inequitable consumption drives global biodiversity loss, whilst population is used to scapegoat responsibility. Instead, the responsibilities are clear and have recently been summarized by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services IPBES: Leverage points for biodiversity conservation lie in reducing unsustainable consumption through diet shifts, tracking supply chains, and technological innovation as well as ensuring sustainable production to reduce biodiversity losses associated with industrial agriculture," state the authors. By examining the drivers of biodiversity loss in highly biodiverse countries, researchers argue that population growth is not the primary factor behind habitat loss. Instead, the growth of commodities for export, such as soybean and oil-palm, primarily for livestock feed or biofuel consumption in wealthier economies, plays a significant role. Inequitable consumption patterns drive global biodiversity loss, while population is often used as a scapegoat to shift responsibility. The paper was published in the January 2023 (Volume 277) edition of the Biological Conservation journal. |
New/changed research project | Website | Smaller human populations are neither a necessary nor sufficient condition for biodiversity conservation | Smaller human populations are neither a necessary nor sufficient condition for biodiversity conservation | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320722003949 | 2023-05-18 | Global |
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public | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | |||||||||||||
566 | Mon, 01/05/2023 | Fernando Neda | New Study on Economic Models for Social Welfare and Planetary Sustainability Premised in Part on IPBES Findings about Post-Growth Pathways to Sustainability | English (396) | Based in part on IPBES key messages in the Global Assessment about the imortance of post-growth transitions, a new European research project aims to explore pathways towards a post-growth economy. The project, named "A Post-Growth Deal" (REAL), involves a consortium of researchers from various European universities and institutions. The project aims to develop new economic models that prioritize sustainability and well-being over economic growth. The project will involve interdisciplinary research and collaboration with stakeholders from various sectors. The current economic system is unsustainable and that there is a need for a new economic model that promotes social and environmental sustainability. The REAL project aims to contribute to this goal by developing a framework for a post-growth economy. |
New/changed research project | Website | European project to explore pathways towards post-growth economics | European project to explore pathways towards post-growth economics | https://www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-premsa-icta-uab/detall-noticia/european-project-to-explore-pathways-towards-post-growth-economics-1345819915004.html?detid=1345872411651 | 2022-10-25 | EUR | 10.000.000 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | public | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | |||||||||||
243 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | New Study on Monitoring Global Forests Draws on IPBES Global Assessment | English (396) | Researchers from the Universitat de Leida in Spain have created a network of plots, ranging from Moncayo to Northern Sweden, where they automatically measure the growth of mixed forests. They are studying possible changes in the distribution of forest species. In an article outlining their work, the researchers highlight the finding from the IPBES Global Assessment that one million species are at risk of extinction due to human activity, which shows the importance of protecting biodiversity. |
New/changed research project | Website | Article in The Conversation | Article in The Conversation | https://theconversation.com/como-vigilamos-todos-los-bosques-del-mundo-desde-lleida-124012 | 2019-09-24 | Multi-organizational/network | Europe and Central Asia | private | Michelle | Hahn-Baker | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
485 | Wed, 07/09/2022 | Fernando Neda | New Traffic, IUCN and USAID Report Highlights IPBES Science and the Platform's Calls for Action | English (396) | The December 2021 Situation Analysis on Social Behaviour Change Messaging on Wildlife Trade and Zoonotic Disease Risks cites IPBES science, particularly its findings about the "impact of direct exploitation on ecosystems and biodiversity" published in the IPBES Global Assessment. | New/changed research project | Other | Traffic 2021 Situation Analysis | Traffic 2021 Situation Analysis | https://www.traffic.org/publications/reports/situation-analysis-social-and-behaviour-change-messaging-on-wildlife-trade-and-zoonotic-disease-risks/ | 2021-12-08 | Global |
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public | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
558 | Wed, 17/05/2023 | Anonymous | Newcastle City Council (UK) Declares Biodiversity Emergency to Answer IPBES Call to Protect Nature at Every Level from Local to Global | English (396) | The Newcastle City Council (UK) passed a motion declaring a biodiversity emergency - in direct response to the findings of the IPBES Global Assessment Report and the call to make a difference at every level from local to global. The Council requires the Cabinet to implement a series of specific local measures in order to prevent further biodiversity loss. | New/changed law/regulation | Other | Tweet from NewCastle Councillor Jane Byrne | Tweet from NewCastle Councillor Jane Byrne | https://twitter.com/JaneLabour/status/1544789115316699137/photo/1 | 2022-07-06 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Newcastle |
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public | Tania | Sanchis Gimenez | IPBES | Social Media Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | ||||||||||
201 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Nigeria developed a two-year strategy for pollinator-friendly land degradation neutrality | English (396) | Following the discussions and agreement at the BES-Net Anglophone Africa Regional Trialogue, policy, science and practice sector representatives in Nigeria convened to refine a two-year strategic action plan for pollinator-friendly land degradation neutrality, as a means to act on the IPBES thematic assessments on pollinators/pollination and land degradation/restoration. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Nigeria takes stock of pollinator friendly land degradation action plan | Nigeria takes stock of pollinator friendly land degradation action plan | https://guardian.ng/property/nigeria-takes-stock-of-pollinator-friendly-land-degradation-action-plan/ | National | Africa | Nigeria | public | Yuko | Kurauchi | United Nations Development Programme | Policy Specialist | Stakeholder, Other | [email protected] | |||||||||||||
429 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | Anonymous | Nigerian Experts Approve National Strategy on Endangered Pollinators citing IPBES Assessments | English (396) | Under BES-Net, Nigerian experts met in 2-day National Trialogue to implement action plans that promote uptake of IPBES Assessment findings in national policy, specifically on pollination and land degradation. | New/changed policy | Website | Experts approve national strategy on endangered pollinators | Experts approve national strategy on endangered pollinators | https://guardian.ng/property/experts-approve-national-strategy-on-endangered-pollinators/ | 2021-05-03 | USD | 356000 | National | Africa | Nigeria | Akwa Ibom | public | Britt | Curley | IPBES Secretariat | Programme Management Assistant | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||
450 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Non-Profit Art Project 1M:1M Founded in Response to IPBES Assessment About Sixth Mass Extinction | English (396) | Non-profit 1M:1M (One Million One Month) is an art project that came into existence in reaction to the findings in IPBES Global Assessment that one million species are at risk of extinction due to human activity. Founder and Mexican illustrator Lore Mondragón aims to raise awareness about endangered and at-risk species through art submissions to their Instagram page. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | One Million One Month | One Million One Month | https://onemilliononemonth.com/home | 2021-05-21 | Individual | private | Britt | Curley | IPBES | Programme Management Assistant-Communications | Secretariat: Bonn |