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343 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | rspaull | McKinsey & Company Publishes 4 Interventions to Reduce the Impact of the Apparel Industry on Biodiversity Citing Global Assessment | English (396) | Global management consulting firm, McKinsey and Company prominently cite the IPBES Global Assessment in an article detailing specific changes that the apparel industry can make to reduce its negative impacts on biodiversity | New article | Website | Biodiversity: The next frontier in sustainable fashion | Biodiversity: The next frontier in sustainable fashion | https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/retail/our-insights/biodiversity-the-next-frontier-in-sustainable-fashion | 2020-08-05 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | private | Rob | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
472 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | BNP Paribas LinkedIn Post Quotes IPBES Assessment: 1 Million Animal and Plant Species [are on] the Brink of Extinction, a Sixth Mass Extinction of Wildlife is Underway. | English (396) | BNP Paribas affirms the importance of scaling up action for sustainable finance in order to protect biodiversity, and commits to using the framework provided by the IPBES Global Assessment Report to organize their actions for the protection of biodiversity and analyze the pressure exerted by businesses on biodiversity. | New/changed commitment | Website | Biodiversity: companies need a framework to scale up action | Biodiversity: companies need a framework to scale up action | https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/biodiversity-companies-need-framework-scale-up-action-soleille | 2021-10-14 | Multi-organizational/network | private | Britt | Curley | IPBES | Programme Management Assistant - Communications | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||||
487 | Wed, 07/09/2022 | Fernando Neda | International Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Launches Online Course Based Partly on IPBES Global Assessment Evidence | English (396) | The Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), chaired by Michael R. Bloomberg and part of the international Financial Stability Board (FSB) established by the G20, launched a self-paced online course titled "Biodiversity-related disclosure: Understanding impacts and dependencies." Citing IPBES science and publications, particularly the five main drivers of biodiversity loss identified by the IPBES Global Assessment, the course delves into biodiversity-related corporate reporting as businesses increasingly measure, manage and disclose their organizational impacts and dependencies on biodiversity. The course aims to help participants ready their organizations by staying ahead of the risks and opportunities, helping them answer questions like "What characteristics of biodiversity require special attention from companies?" and "What should companies considering biodiversity-related disclosures do?". | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Biodiversity-related disclosure: Understanding impacts and dependencies | Biodiversity-related disclosure: Understanding impacts and dependencies | https://learn.tcfdhub.org/enrol/index.php?id=12 | 2021-12-12 | Global | private | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||||
504 | Thu, 29/09/2022 | rspaull | BNP Paribas Senior Analyst Points to IPBES Work in Raising Awareness on Biodiversity Crisis Among Governments, Companies and Investors | English (396) | BNP Paribas Senior Analyst, Robert-Alexandre Poujade, Points to IPBES Work in Raising Awareness on Biodiversity Crisis Among Governments, Companies and Investors in speech at Global Research Alliance for Sustainable Finance and Investment (GRASFI) annual conference - focusing on importance of integrating biodiversity into assest management from the outset. | New/changed idea | Website | Biodiversity must be integrated into asset management from the outset | Biodiversity must be integrated into asset management from the outset | https://news.trenddetail.com/news/137775.html | 2022-09-16 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | private | Robert | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | |||||||||||||
195 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | IPBES Global Assessment 'Inspires Global Poster Contest' in Collaboration with UNEP | English (396) | The 16th International Poster Biennial contest has chosen biodiversity as the focus of its environmental category, partly in response to the urgency highlighted by the IPBES Global Assessment. "The scale of the current biodiversity breakdown is unparalleled; the IPBES report warns that more than a third of all marine mammals, more than 40 percent of amphibian species and 10 percent of insects are threatened." | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Biodiversity loss inspires global poster contest - UNEP | Biodiversity loss inspires global poster contest - UNEP | https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/press-release/biodiversity-loss-inspires-global-poster-contest | Global Assessment | 2020-01-22 | Global | Mexico | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
462 | 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 | |||||||||||||||
542 | Thu, 09/02/2023 | Fernando Neda | IPBES Global Assessment Findings Used in WEF Briefing Paper on Biodiversity Credits | English (396) | A new briefing paper by the World Economic Forum cites the 2019 IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, mentioning in its introduction that "Human activity is eroding the world’s ecological foundations. Over 1 million species are at risk of extinction, one third of the world’s topsoil has been degraded, forest fires are now more extensive and destructive than at any time in the past 10,000 years and 50% of the world’s coral reefs are destroyed." The paper, titled “Biodiversity Credits: Unlocking Financial Markets for Nature-Positive Outcomes,” is the output of past months’ deliberation with the Working Group on Biodiversity Credits. The paper points out that biodiversity credits are part of a company’s nature-positive journey –an investment in nature’s recovery, rather than an offset for damages. |
New/changed action/initiative | Website | Biodiversity Credits: Unlocking Financial Markets for Nature-Positive Outcomes | Biodiversity Credits: Unlocking Financial Markets for Nature-Positive Outcomes | https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Biodiversity_Credit_Market_2022.pdf | 2022-09-01 | Global |
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private | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | |||||||||||||
459 | 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 | ||||||||||||||
470 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Expectation Document by Norge Bank Quotes IPBES Assessment in Setting Expectations for Companies on How to Manage Environmental Matters | English (396) | The expectation document published by Norge Bank Investment Management serves as a starting point for the bank's interaction with companies on biodiversity and ecosystems. Changes to natural ecosystems and the biodiversity that underpins them, pose business risks to companies in our portfolio. Externalities from unsustainable use of natural ecosystems may also affect other companies and the fund’s long-term return. At the same time, evolving trends may present new business opportunities. Companies highly dependent on or impacting biodiversity and ecosystems should integrate relevant nature-related considerations into their corporate strategy, risk management and reporting. The document quotes IPBES, the number of species threatened by extinction is accelerating and is mainly driven by human activities. Exploitation of organisms, land use change, invasive alien species and environmental pollution are placing severe stress on ecosystems and disrupting habitats. |
New/changed idea | Website | Biodiversity and ecosystems - Expectations of companies | Biodiversity and ecosystems - Expectations of companies | https://www.nbim.no/contentassets/f1fa22a3a6c54ed88cf18607f75953c0/nbim_biodiversity_2021_web.pdf | 2021-08-18 | Cross-regional | private | Britt | Curley | IPBES | Programme Management Assistant - Communications | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||||
415 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | rspaull | Drawing on IPBES Regional Assessment for Africa Article Identifies Future Pathways and Options for Biodiversity Across the Continent | English (396) | The authors build on the IPBES Regional Assessment Report for Africa to show what is changing in biodiversity and ecosystem services on the African continent. They also identify future pathways and options for an African continent where long-term development objectives are recognized as inseparably connected to the conservation of the region's rich biocultural heritage. | New/changed research project | Website | Biodiversity and ecosystem services on the African continent – What is changing, and what are our options? | Biodiversity and ecosystem services on the African continent – What is changing, and what are our options? | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211464520300804?dgcid=author | 2021-03-05 | Regional | Africa | public | Robert | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
466 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | bcurley1012 | Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net) Organizes a Series of Workshops Based on IPBES Assessment in Collaboration with UNESCO and la Asociación de la Juventud Indígena | English (396) | UNESCO, in collaboration with la Asociación de la Juventud Indígena Argentina, Red de Mujeres Rurales de la Fundación Gran Chaco and the Organización indígena M+ranta Kuñaretq (Fuerza de la Mujer) of Argentina, organized a series of dialogue workshops in Argentina based on the IPBES Global Assessment Report. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net) on LinkedIn: UNESCO in collaboration with la Asociación de la Juventud Indígena | Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net) on LinkedIn: UNESCO in collaboration with la Asociación de la Juventud Indígena | https://www.linkedin.com/posts/biodiversity-and-ecosystem-services-network-bes-net-_unesco-in-collaboration-with-la-asociaci%C3%B3n-activity-6831222181414895616-qq_8 | 2021-08-02 | 2021-08-09 | Multi-organizational/network | public | Britt | Curley | IPBES | Assistant Programme Management - Communciations | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
299 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Citing Global Assessment, the Ministry of Mumbai's Magic, launches a 'Biodiversity by The Bay Campaign' | English (396) | Citing one of the IPBES Global Assessment key findings, The Ministry of Mumbai's Magic, a civil society organization in Mumbai, has launched a 'Biodiversity by The Bay Campaign', which aims to create a movement of Mumbaikars to "lead an inclusive and an active climate debate, to safeguard the biodiversity and green cover in the city." | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Big News Network | Big News Network | https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/266289770/mumbai-youth-and-experts-unite | 2020-09-03 | City/Community | Asia-Pacific | India | Maharashtra | public | Patric | Tonissen | IPBES | Comms Officer | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||
405 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | rspaull | Article Cites IPBES Pandemics Report to Argue Against Possible US Government Approvals for Logging Hundreds of Acres of Old-Growth Forest in Montana | English (396) | An article by US news advocacy organisation, Turthout, uses the findings of the IPBES workshop report on biodiversity and pandemics to argue against possible approval by the US Forest Service of the "Black Ram Project" that would authorise commercial harvesting on more than 3,900 acres in the Kootenai National Forest in Montana, including the clear-cutting of at least 579 acres of trees that are hundreds of years old. | New article | Website | Biden May Approve Logging an Old-Growth Forest, Heightening Climate Risks | Biden May Approve Logging an Old-Growth Forest, Heightening Climate Risks | https://truthout.org/articles/biden-may-approve-logging-an-old-growth-forest-heightening-climate-risks/ | 2021-03-02 | State/Provincial | Americas | United States of America | Montana | public | Robert | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||
501 | Thu, 29/09/2022 | rspaull | Pennsylvania State Representative Uses IPBES Evidence to Support Planned Introduction of Legistation Establishing Task Force to Aid Pollinators | English (396) | Pennsylvania State Representative Christopher Rabb plans to introduce legislation to establish a state task force to aid the Department of Agriculture and other agencies in coming up with ways to increase the rapidly dwindling number of bees and other pollinators. "The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, an affiliated group of the United Nations, has warned that without a concerted and collaborative international effort, a large number of pollinators could face extinction, which would directly impact global food production," Rabb wrote. | New/changed law/regulation | Website | Bee Taskforce Could Come To Aid Pollinators In PA | Bee Taskforce Could Come To Aid Pollinators In PA | https://patch.com/pennsylvania/pittsburgh/pa-panel-proposed-aid-bees-other-shrinking-pollinators | 2022-09-29 | State/Provincial | Americas | United States of America | Pennsylvania | public | Rob | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | |||||||||||
383 | Wed, 28/09/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | IPBES Evidence and Experts Featured Prominently in BBC1 David Attenborough Documentary, 'Extinction: The Facts' | English (396) | Featuring the IPBES Global Assessment 1 million species finding as the documentary's tagline, as well as numerous IPBES experts' involvement in the documentary, 'Extinction: The Facts' was heavily influenced by IPBES evidence. "With a million species at risk of extinction, David Attenborough explores how this crisis of biodiversity has consequences for us all, including putting us at greater risk of pandemic diseases." |
New/changed action/initiative | TV/Radio Broadcast | BBC iPlayer | BBC iPlayer | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000mn4n | 2020-09-13 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | ||||||||||||||
512 | Tue, 04/10/2022 | rspaull | BES-Net Uses IPBES Land Degradation Assessment to Produce Infographic Posters on Land Restoration and Indigenous Peoples | English (396) | To mark Indigenous Peoples Day, BES-Net has used key messages from the IPBES Land Degradation Assessement to create and promote two infographic posters to raise awareness about issues of land restoration and indigenous peoples | New/changed action/initiative | Other | Back to Our Roots How Land Degradation Particularly Affects Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities | Back to Our Roots How Land Degradation Particularly Affects Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities | https://www.besnet.world/back-to-our-roots-how-land-degradation-particularly-affects-indigenous-peoples-and-local-communities/ | 2022-08-10 | Global | public | Rob | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | ||||||||||||||
631 | Thu, 30/05/2024 | Amarys Preuss | Azerbaijan Completes National Ecosystem Assessment Based on IPBES Conceptual Framework and Methodologies | English (396) | Azerbaijan conducted its National Ecosystem Assessment, aiming to provide a knowledge basis for the management, use and protection of biodiversity and ecosystem services at the national and subnational levels, based on IPBES' methodology and conceptual framework. The Summary for Policymakers was published in 2024 outlining the key findings of the assessment process. It highlights the key biodiversity assets of the country (lakes and wetlands, bird migratory paths, food crops, forest ecosystem services), challenges and their drivers (water withdrawals and droughts, climate change, deforestation, waterways pollution, land degradation, lowgrass conversion and fragmentation of the steppe ecosystems) and policy options to respond to these (relating to governance, cross-sector policies, stakeholder engagement, linkages with climate action, availability of environmental data). The assessment process also included the establishment of the National Biodiversity Platform, to convene academia, NGO, community representatives and government officials for the support of science=based policies for biodiversity and ecosystem services. The assessment was conducted under the coordination of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources and with the support of UNEP-WCMC's National Ecosystem Initiative. |
New/changed action/initiative | Website | Azerbaijan National Ecosystem Assessment – Summary for Policymakers | Azerbaijan National Ecosystem Assessment – Summary for Policymakers | https://www.ecosystemassessments.net/resource/azerbaijan-nea-summary-for-policymakers/ | 2024-01-01 | National | Americas | Azerbaijan |
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public | Amarys | Preuss | IPBES | Stakeholder Engagement Officer | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | |||||||||||
420 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | rspaull | Paper Builds on IPBES work on Nature's Contributions to People to make case for Stronger links to Sustainability Transformations | English (396) | Drawing on a range of IPBES publicaitons - but especially on the work on Nature's Contributions to People (NCP) this paper explores how preferences and values of ecosystem services raise questions about the link to sustainability transformations. | New article | Website | Assessing People’s Values of Nature: Where Is the Link to Sustainability Transformations? | Assessing People’s Values of Nature: Where Is the Link to Sustainability Transformations? | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.624084/full | 2021-03-19 |
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public | Rob | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||||
473 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Article from Online Science Journal 'One Earth' Uses IPBES Global Assessment to Outline Framework to Evaluate Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) | English (396) | Guided by the IPBES Assessment, this science article provides a framework to evaluate how Nature-based solutions NbS contribute to transformative change and apply it to 93 NbS from mountain social-ecological systems (SES). The framework serves to assess what elements may catalyze transformative change, how transformative change occurs, and what its outcomes are. The framework provides key components for assessing the effectiveness of NbS and allows tracking long-term transformative change processes. | New/changed idea | Website | Assessing nature-based solutions for transformative change | Assessing nature-based solutions for transformative change | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2590332221002323?dgcid=author | 2021-05-21 | public | Britt | Curley | IPBES | Programme Management Assistant - Communications | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||||
249 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Research Article Draws from IPBES Global Assessment to Explore Future of Ecotourism in Africa | English (396) | An article in Trade for Development News draws substantially from the findings of the IPBES Global Assessment to explore the future of ecotourism in Africa. The article was co-written by officials from the World Trade Organization, the Conservation Areas and Species programme, the International Union for Conservation of Nature ESARO and the Executive Secretariat for the Enhanced Integrated Framework at the WTO. |
New article | Website | Article in Trade for Development News | Article in Trade for Development News | https://trade4devnews.enhancedif.org/en/news/how-can-we-protect-african-biodiversity-ldc-ecotourism | 2019-10-08 | Multi-organizational/network | Africa | private | Michelle | Hahn-Baker | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn |