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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
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 bcurley1012 G20 Leaders Note the Contribution of IPBES Pandemics Report in a Preamble Following the G-20 Summit in Italy In a preamble following the G-20 summit in Italy, G20 leaders state their commitment to addressing global poverty, health, economic and environmental challenges. Leaders note the scientific contribution of the IPBES Pandemics and commit to integrate the 'One Health' approach and other holistic approaches in all relevant policies and decision-making processes, also to address challenges including food security, zoonotic spillover and future pandemics. New/changed action/initiative Print Article G20 Environment Communiqué Final G20 Environment Communiqué Final 2021-07-22 Global Cross-regional Britt Curley IPBES Assistant Programme Management - Communications Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 bcurley1012 The Artwork of Julie Sperling, Canadian Mosaic Artist and Environment Policy Analyst, is an Emotional Response to Key IPBES Assessment Findings and is a Call to Action for Transformative Change English (396) In a blog post Julie Sperling, Canadian mosaic artist and policy analyst with Environment and Climate Change Canada, cites key findings from IPBES Global Assessment, and makes personal and intimate the loss of global biodiversity through her art. Her loon explosion, titled ”In The Red”, showcasing the quintessentially Canadian loon, is meant to echo the idea of “annihilation”. The title is a nod to the International Union for Concerned Scientists’ "Red List" of Threatened Species, while the loon is hemmed in by concrete, which is an allusion to the rampant habitat destruction that’s fueling the current biological annihilation. Her art is a call to action: "So look into that loon’s eyes, harness the uneasiness, sadness, loss, guilt, rage, or whatever else you might feel, and channel it. I’ll be right there with you, fighting for our existence". Other Expressive arts Website Their annihilation will also be ours: Exploring extinction through art Their annihilation will also be ours: Exploring extinction through art http://sperlingmosaics.com/2019/05/their-annihilation-will-also-be-ours-exploring-extinction-through-art/ 2021-05-12 Americas Canada private Britt Curley IPBES Programme Management Assistant - Communications Secretariat: Bonn
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 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
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 bcurley1012 UNEP on Twitter Announces New Webinar on IPBES Assessment Mothodology English (396) New webinar on the IPBES assessment methodology and how it can be tailored to support national ecosystem assessments. New/changed action/initiative Website New webinar on the IPBES assessment methodology and how it can be tailored to support national ecosystem assessments. New webinar on the IPBES assessment methodology and how it can be tailored to support national ecosystem assessments. https://twitter.com/unepwcmc/status/1430451141637181440?s=20 2021-08-25 Multi-organizational/network public Britt Curley IPBES Assistant Programme Management - Communications Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 bcurley1012 Huffington Post Cites IPBES Assessment Findings in Blog Post About the Key Role Members of the UICN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Can Play in Nature Conservation French (397) With its 88 member states and governments and 300 million French speakers around the world, the Francophone members of the UICN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) can and should play a key role in nature conservation. The French-speaking community is an opportunity, an essential lever to encourage the mobilization of States, to work together on a convergent program to mobilize field actors, NGOs and civil society. New/changed idea Website The French-speaking world can be a place of new solidarity to protect biodiversity The French-speaking world can be a place of new solidarity to protect biodiversity https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/entry/la-francophonie-peut-etre-le-lieu-de-nouvelles-solidarites-pour-proteger-la-biodiversite_fr_612f7e4ce4b04778bfff1989 2021-09-02 National Algeria, Benin, Canada, Côte d'Ivoire, France, Lebanon, Madagascar, Morocco, Switzerland, Tunisia Britt Curley IPBES Assistant Programme Management - Communications Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous Editorial Paper References IPBES Assessment About the Dangers of Biodiversity Loos and Calls for Urgent Action to Reduce Emissions English (396) The science is unequivocal; a global increase of 1.5°C above the pre-industrial average and the continued loss of biodiversity risk catastrophic harm to health that will be impossible to reverse. Despite the world’s necessary preoccupation with covid-19, we cannot wait for the pandemic to pass to rapidly reduce emissions. Wealthy countries must do more, and global targets are not enough. New/changed idea Website Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health https://www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n1734 2021-09-06 public Britt Curley IPBES Assistant Programme Management - Communications Secretariat: Bonn
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 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
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee Session Report Quote IPBES Assessment: One Million Animal and Plant Species are Threatened English (396) The UK Government has committed to leaving a lighter footprint on the global environment. Acknowledging that they must do more if it is to turn its nature pledges into a reality, the Government outlines four key areas where efforts need to be stepped up. This report details the four areas and proposes a series of recommendations to help achieve this goal. New/changed commitment Print Article House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee - The UK’s footprint on global biodiversity House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee - The UK’s footprint on global biodiversity 2021-09-30 National 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 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
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 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
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous EU Council Decision of 10 May 2021 Establishes the Specific Programme Implementing Horizon Europe – "The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation" English (396) International cooperation and contribution to international efforts and initiatives, such as the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, are essential to achieve the objectives in this area. There is a need to better understand the governance of the transition to sustainability in the economic, social and natural system, from the local to the global level. New/changed commitment Website COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2021/764 COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2021/764 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32021D0764&qid=1620772336613 2021-05-10 Europe and Central Asia European Union public Britt Curley IPBES Programme Management Assistant-Communications Secretariat: Bonn
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 Mon, 04/04/2022 Anonymous IPBES Publications Inform Handbook on the Use of Biodiversity Scenarios in Support of Decision-Making English (396) BiodivERsA and the Belmont Forum, in the framework of their joint action on scenarios of biodiversity and ecosystem services, have produced a handbook on the use of biodiversity scenarios in support of decision-making. This handbook is intended for any individual interested in learning about biodiversity scenarios, and in particular participatory scenario design and the use of biodiversity scenarios in decision-making. It builds on a variety of sources (literature, expert and non-expert consultations, interviews) to provide a general understanding of scenarios of biodiversity, concrete examples of their use and a directory of relevant resources to go further on the topic. Several publications of IPBES have been instrumental in this endeavor, in particular the IPBES Methodological Assessment on Scenarios and Models and its summary for policy-makers. Furthermore, valuable feedback wasgiven by members of the IPBES Task-Force on Scenarios and Models (among other academic and non-academic respondents) through an online consultation organized in the Spring of 2020. New/changed action/initiative Website http://www.biodiversa.org/1816 http://www.biodiversa.org/1816 Science-policy scenarios and model methodologies 2020-11-18 Global public Cécile Jacques French Foundation for Research on Biodiversity Secretariat Officer for BiodivScen IPBES Observer, Stakeholder [email protected]
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 Sat, 29/04/2023 CMousnier IUCN Issues Guideline for Working with Indigenous & Local Knowledge (ILK) in IUCN Red List assessments Informed by IPBES Work on ILK English (396) IUCN have issued guidelines for working with Indigenous & Local Knowledge (ILK) in assessments of red list species. The document builds on discussions that have taken place over the last decade between the IUCN CEESP-SSC Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group and the IUCN SSC Red List Committee and draws on experience from the IPBES ILK Approach. Indeed the IPBES Global Assessment (GA) was the first global scale assessment to engage systematically with ILK. The document refers to IPBES' work which has influenced and informed this process by IUCN. Moreover, various IPBES experts and knowledge holders have contributed to this document, including Marla R. Emery, Flore Lafaye de Micheaux and Phil Lyver.

In other words, the work of IPBES has provided a framework and approach to engage with ILK and IPLCs in scientific assessments, and this has influenced the development of these guidelines for gathering and utilizing ILK in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 		New/changed technique Website Application of Indigenous & Local Knowledge (ILK) in IUCN Red List assessments Application of Indigenous & Local Knowledge (ILK) in IUCN Red List assessments https://www.iucnredlist.org/resources/ilk 2022-05-01 Global public Charlotte Mousnier IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Sat, 29/04/2023 CMousnier French University Communications Students in Poster Creation Contest to Promote Biodiversity Based on IPBES Assessment Report French (397) First year undergraduate communications students from ISCPA, a French school of journalism, communications, and cultural & artistic production, based at campuses in Paris, Lyon and Toulouse, were assigned for 24 hours to work on the creation of posters to promote findings from the IPBES Global Assessment Report on biodiversity issues. Working with 'Pour un Réveil Écologique' who did a '10 key points summary (IPBES)' which was also reviewed by Prof. Paul Leadley, one of the authors of the Report. he initiative was inspired by the need to raise awareness about biodiversity issues and to promote the findings of the IPBES Report, with the winner's design to be used in a bus shelter placement. New/changed action/initiative Website Creative contest x Pour un réveil écologique - the 24-hour poster competition 2022-2023 Creative contest x Pour un réveil écologique - the 24-hour poster competition 2022-2023 https://pollunit.com/en/polls/creative-contest-24hdelaffiche-2023?q%5Bs%5D=rating+desc 2023-03-16 National Europe and Central Asia France public Charlotte Mousnier IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 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]
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 Fri, 15/12/2023 Eliska Rolfova Strategic Plan for the Bern Convention to 2030 Grounded in IPBES Science English (396) The newly adopted strategic plan for the implementation of the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats - The Bern Convention - (https://www.coe.int/en/web/bern-convention) refers to the IPBES Global Assessment, in providing both the context for the plan and as the foundation for a number of key glossary of terms. New/changed policy Website Strategic Plan for the Bern Convention for the period to 2030 Strategic Plan for the Bern Convention for the period to 2030 https://rm.coe.int/tpvs18e-2023-strategic-plan-final/1680ada084 2023-12-01 Regional Cross-regional Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, European Union, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland public Ms. Eliška Rolfová Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic IPBES NFP (secondary) IPBES National focal point, Bureau [email protected]
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 Wed, 24/08/2022 Fernando Neda European Business Nature Summit Calls for Joint Business Action for Nature Based on IPBES Work English (396) The 2021 edition of the annual European Business and Nature Summit issued a statement calling on all businesses to "act, alone or in collaboration with other business actors, to reduce their impacts on nature and climate in line with the recommendations of the IPBES and IPCC." New/changed action/initiative Other 2021-12-01 Regional Europe and Central Asia Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden private Fernando Neda IPBES Secretariat PIA Secretariat: Bonn
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 Wed, 24/08/2022 Fernando Neda UNEP-WCMC Guidance on National Ecosystem Assessments Based on IPBES Approach English (396) UNEP-WCMC has prduced guideline on how the IPBES approach to assessments can be used at the national level to also encourage the implementation of national ecosystem assessments. New/changed technique Website National Ecosystem Assessments to Support Implementation of Convention on Biological Diversity National Ecosystem Assessments to Support Implementation of Convention on Biological Diversity https://www.cbd.int/article/unep-wcmc-nea-implementation 2021-11-23 Global public Fernando Neda IPBES PIA Secretariat: Bonn