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510 Sat, 01/10/2022 rspaull ARD Tagesschau - Oldest Programme on German Television - Publishes Educational Brief on Extinction Based on IPBES Global Assessment German (435) ARD's Tagesschau - the oldest prorgamme on German public television - has published an info briefing about extinction - why people should care and what they can do about it - based largely on the findings of the IPBES Global Assessment Report New article Website What can we do about species extinction? What can we do about species extinction? https://www.tagesschau.de/wissen/klima/artenvielfalt-biodiversitaet-artensterben-klimawandel-101.html 2022-10-01 National Europe and Central Asia Germany public Rob Spaull IPBES HEad of Comms Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
509 Fri, 30/09/2022 rspaull Biodiversity and Conservation Journal Launches Call for Papers for Special Issue to Contribute to IPBES Work on Transformative Change English (396) The Journal Biodiversity and Conservation has launched a call for submission of paper to be published in a special edtion in late 2023 - ahead of the 10th session of the IPBES Plenary - to contrinbute to the work of IPBES on transformative change and later to be synthesized with the IPBES Transformative Change assessment report. New/changed research project Website CALL FOR PAPERS: Transformative change CALL FOR PAPERS: Transformative change https://www.springer.com/journal/10531/updates/19682276 2022-08-15 Global public Robert Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
508 Fri, 30/09/2022 rspaull IPBES Nature Futures Framework Applied by Researchers to Help Dutch National Park Stakeholders Find Common Ground for Actions for Positive Futures English (396) The Nature Futures Framework developed by the IPBES Taskforce on Scenarios was applied by researchers from the Netherlands, South Africa and the USA to help develop scenarios for positive futures for stakeholders associated with the Nationaal Park Hollandse Duinen in the Netherlands New/changed technique Website Lessons from The Netherlands reveal big potential to find common ground for actions towards positive futures Lessons from The Netherlands reveal big potential to find common ground for actions towards positive futures https://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/research-news/2022-08-24-applying-the-nature-futures-framework-to-the-real-world.html 2022-05-17 National Europe and Central Asia Netherlands (Kingdom of the) public Rob Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
507 Fri, 30/09/2022 rspaull Biodiversa+ Introduces IPBES Values & Sustainable Use of Wild Species Reports to Ministries and Research Agencies Across Europe English (396) Biodiversa+, the European Biodiversity Partnership, a network of ministries and agencies across Europe that support research, has introduced two IPBES reports to Ministries and Research Agencies Across Europe, offering project examples from Biodiversa+ that illustrate how the reports might be valuable. New/changed network Website Reports Highlight Sustainable use of Biodiversity, ‘Nature Values’ Preservation Reports Highlight Sustainable use of Biodiversity, ‘Nature Values’ Preservation https://bbj.hu/business/real-estate/sustainability/reports-highlight-sustainable-use-of-biodiversity-nature-values-preservation 2022-09-09 Regional Europe and Central Asia public Robert Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
505 Thu, 29/09/2022 rspaull Building on IPBES-IPCC Joint Workshop Report Researchers Explore Options for Transformative Governance of Complex Biodiversity-Climate-Society Interactions English (396) Writing in the journal BioScience, researchers draw on the report of the first IPBES-IPCC Joint Workshop on Biodiversity and Climate Change to explore how transformative governance of complex biodiversity–climate–society interactions can be achieved. New article Website Governing for Transformative Change across the Biodiversity–Climate–Society Nexus Governing for Transformative Change across the Biodiversity–Climate–Society Nexus https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/72/7/684/6593160?login=true#.YyAjNUrqOw0.twitter 2022-06-01 Global public Robert Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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]
503 Thu, 29/09/2022 rspaull Dublin Zoo Announces Theme for Annual 'Wild Lights' Event to Emphasize IPBES Finding About 1 Million Species at Risk of Extinction English (396) Dublin Zoo has announced the Wild Lights theme for this year is 'The Magic of Life.' It will highlight the importance of bio-diversity with colourful lanterns to emphasise the one million species of plants and animals at risk of extinction as emphasized by the IPBES Global Assessment Report. New/changed action/initiative Website Dublin Zoo Wild Lights Theme For 2022 Announced! Dublin Zoo Wild Lights Theme For 2022 Announced! https://www.98fm.com/news/dublin-zoo-wild-lights-theme-for-2022-announced-1384418 2022-09-20 City/Community Europe and Central Asia Ireland private Robert Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
502 Thu, 29/09/2022 rspaull Aural Artist Aligns Soundscape Film on Silence as Sound of Extinction with IPBES Global Assessment Findings English (396) Aural artist, Thomas Hull (aka Missing Wolf) has created a spectral soundscape film to demonstrate how wild habitats are falling silent around the globe as a result of species extinctions - which he direcly correlates to the findings of the IPBES Global Assessment. The film can be viewed at https://youtu.be/NOPkligFrMU New/changed action/initiative Website The Sound of Extinction is Silence The Sound of Extinction is Silence https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353761910_The_Sound_of_Extinction_is_Silence 2021-07-21 Global public Robert Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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]
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]
500 Wed, 28/09/2022 rspaull Research Uses IPBES Nature Futures Framework to Analyse Conservation Decision-Making Under Climate Change English (396) A group of experts convened to discuss using the Nature Futures Framework developed by the IPBES Task Force on Scenarios and Models as a tool to inform management in social-ecological systems facing climate change. The research focused on 3 illustrative case studies from the global South across a range of climate change impacts at different ecological levels. New article Website Managing biodiversity in the Anthropocene: discussing the Nature Futures Framework as a tool for adaptive decision-making for nature under climate change Managing biodiversity in the Anthropocene: discussing the Nature Futures Framework as a tool for adaptive decision-making for nature under climate change https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-022-01200-4 2022-06-24 Global public Rob Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
499 Wed, 28/09/2022 rspaull EU BIONEXT Project Receives 4 Million Euro for Four Years Partly to Work on Knowledge & Science Brokerage for IPBES Assessments and EU Policy English (396) A new large EU project coordinated by the Finnish Environment Institute SYKE The Biodiversity Nexus - Triggering transformative change for sustainability (BIONEXT) is launching this Autumn. The project got a funding of EUR 4.1 million from the EU's research and innovation program Horizon Europe. Duration of the project is four years. Ten partners from eight European countries form the consortium. BIONEXT will develop knowledge, tools, and guidance for mainstreaming biodiversity into policy-making and provide concrete options on how to initiate, accelerate and upscale biodiversity relevant transformative change in society. BIONEXT will involve policy- and decision-makers and allow them to explore the concept of just transformative change. One of the six 'work packages' of the project will be: Knowledge and science brokerage for IPBES assessments and EU policy

New/changed action/initiative Website Large EU project starts: BIONEXT wants to mainstream biodiversity into policy-making Large EU project starts: BIONEXT wants to mainstream biodiversity into policy-making https://www.environment.fi/en-US/Nature/Large_EU_project_starts_BIONEXT_wants_to(63937) 2022-09-23 Regional Europe and Central Asia public Robert Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
497 Wed, 28/09/2022 rspaull Prince Albert II of Monaco Points to IPBES Messages on Climate and Biodiversity Science in UN General Assembly General Debate English (396) Prince Albert II of Monaco, speaking in the general debate of the 77th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 20 - 26 September 2022) said: "Monaco remains resolutely committed to environmental protection and sustainable development. In this respect, the Principality is pursuing its energy transition to achieve a 55% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2050. In this respect, the latest IPBES assessment report is very clear. The tools and solutions to build a sustainable and fairer future for future generations already exist. We are the actors. A duty of solidarity is required if we are to succeed collectively in this energy transition." New/changed commitment Website Monaco - Prince Addresses United Nations General Debate, 77th Session (English) Monaco - Prince Addresses United Nations General Debate, 77th Session (English) https://youtu.be/n8ZE0Zj-0Ig 2022-09-22 National Monaco public Rob Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
288 Wed, 28/09/2022 Anonymous Perspective paper examines how to improve collaboration between ecosystem service communities and IPBES English (396) A perspective paper titled “Improving collaboration between ecosystem service communities and the IPBES science-policy platform” was published in the journal “Ecosystems and People.” The paper synthesizes “reflections from a workshop on how (i) IPBES can engage the ES community; (ii) the ecosystem services (ES) community can engage with IPBES; and (iii) individual scientists can contribute.” The authors “note that IPBES constitutes a great advancement towards multidisciplinarity and inclusivity in ES research and practice” and make key reflections directed to IPBES, the ES community and individual scientists.
New article Website Paper in Ecosystems and People Paper in Ecosystems and People https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26395916.2020.1766573 2020-05-26 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional public Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
322 Wed, 28/09/2022 Patrick.Tonissen Article Published on "Building capacity for the science-policy interface on biodiversity and ecosystem services: Activities, fellows, outcomes, and neglected capacity building needs" English (396) An article on "Building capacity for the science-policy interface on biodiversity and ecosystem services: Activities, fellows, outcomes, and neglected capacity building needs" has been inspired by IPBES, with the aim of "provid[ing] insight into how capacity building for the science-policy interface sets preconditions for science-policy relations at different levels and scales within biodiversity and ecosystem services and beyond." New article Website Science Direct Science Direct https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589811620300094 2020-06-01 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional public Patrick Tonissen IPBES Communications Consultant Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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]
298 Wed, 28/09/2022 Anonymous French NGO 'Citizens for the Climate' publish IPBES Global Assessment Summary French (397) The French civil society organization, 'Citoyens pour le Climat' has produced a summary of the IPBES Global Assessment Summary for Policymakers in French as a communication tool in order to increase the uptake of the Global Assessment Report and communicate the importance of biodiversity. New/changed action/initiative Website citoyenspourleclimat.org citoyenspourleclimat.org https://citoyenspourleclimat.org/rapports-de-lipbes/ 2020-07-23 Multi-organizational/network Europe and Central Asia France public Laÿna Droz IPBES secretariat Consultant Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
345 Wed, 28/09/2022 rspaull IPBES Tweet on Miniature Urban Forests Prompts London Civil Society Campaign to Investigate Options English (396) An IPBES Twitter post sharing a WEF video about "Miyawaki" miniature urban forests prompted the Lovely Lambeth Living Streets campaign to ask it's >2,000 followers where they would want such mini-forests to be placed. New/changed action/initiative Other https://twitter.com/LambethLivingSt/status/1292141833515077632?s=20 https://twitter.com/LambethLivingSt/status/1292141833515077632?s=20 2020-08-08 Organizational Europe and Central Asia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland London Borough of Lambeth public Rob Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
390 Wed, 28/09/2022 Patrick.Tonissen Following IPBES Social Media Post, Lambeth Living Streets Group in South London Examines Policy/Action for 'Urban Forests' English (396) Following an IPBES social media post about the 'Miyawaki method' of creating pocket forests in urban spaces, the Lambeth Living Streets group in South London announced that they were looking into implementing the option for policy/action in Lambeth. New/changed action/initiative Website Tweet Tweet https://twitter.com/LambethLivingSt/status/1292141833515077632?s=20 2020-08-10 City/Community Europe and Central Asia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland public Patrick Tonissen IPBES Communications Consultant Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
290 Wed, 28/09/2022 Anonymous IPBES Global Assessment Inspires Online Art Challenge English (396) Inspired by the IPBES Global Assessment finding that one million species are at risk of extinction, an artist has launched a social media challenge for artists to raise awareness about biodiversity loss by posting artwork that features threatened plant species, animal species, and/or endangered habitats.
New/changed action/initiative Website Challenge website Challenge website https://www.1milliontomiss.com/ 2020-09-06 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional public Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]