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 Wed, 06/04/2022 Patrick.Tonissen Inspired by IPBES Global Assessment, adidas Launches 'Run Wild: 1 Million Runners for 1 Million Species' Campaign English (396) The adidas Runtastic team, for its 2020 'Run Wild' campaign, launched the '1 Million Runners for 1 Million Species' campaign, "calling on 1 million runners to give a voice to 1 million species [threatened with extinction] at the UN General Assembly Biodiversity Summit." New/changed action/initiative Website Blog Blog https://www.runtastic.com/blog/en/run-wild/ 2020-09-17 Global Cross-regional private Patrick Tonissen IPBES Communications Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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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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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous IPBES Global Assessment Drawn Upon in Global Sustainable Development Report 2019 English (396) The 2019 Global Sustainable Development Report draws repeatedly on the knowledge compiled in the IPBES Global Assessment. The Global Sustainable Development Report is published every four years and seeks to strengthen the science-policy interface to inform the quadrennial SDG review deliberations at the UN General Assembly.
 New/changed research project Website Webpage of Report Webpage of Report https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/gsdr2019 Global Cross-regional public Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 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
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 Wed, 28/09/2022 Patrick.Tonissen IPBES Evidence Used as Key Appeal for 'Save Bees and Farmers' European Citizens' Initiative English (396) The 'Save Bees and Farmers' European Citizens' Initiative campaign used IPBES evidence in its digital assets to promote the Initiative, and also cited the IPBES Global Assessment in its background statement of purpose on its website.

https://www.savebeesandfarmers.eu/eng/background/		 New/changed action/initiative Website Tweet Tweet https://twitter.com/BeesEci/status/1311214170608676865?s=20 2020-09-30 Regional Europe and Central Asia European Union public Patrick Tonissen IPBES Communications Consultant Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Fri, 17/11/2023 Amarys Preuss 10 Finnish Companies Pilot Science Based Targets Network's (SBTN) Guidelines for Nature Targets Based on IPBES Global Assessment and Scenarios and Models Report Finnish (430) Ten Finnish companies piloted the Science Based Targets Network's (SBTN) new guidelines for nature goals in 2022 as part of a pilot program led by FIBS and Sitra. The Nature targets developed by SBTN take into account lessons from the Global Assessment on the drivers of biodiversity loss and the Scenarios and Models Assessment Report which helped companies identify the various connections to biodiversity loss along their value chain. The report from the pilot programme offers insight on the adoption of SBTN Nature target guidelines by the private sector. New/changed commitment Website Vaikuttavaa luontotyötä – Yritysten opit ja kokemukset tieteeseen pohjautuvien luontotavoitteiden pilotoimisesta Vaikuttavaa luontotyötä – Yritysten opit ja kokemukset tieteeseen pohjautuvien luontotavoitteiden pilotoimisesta https://fibsry.fi/uutishuone/julkaisut/vaikuttavaa-luontotyota-yritysten-opit-ja-kokemukset-tieteeseen-pohjautuvien-luontotavoitteiden-pilotoimisesta/ 2022-04-04 Multi-organizational/network Europe and Central Asia Finland private Amarys Preuss IPBES SHE Officer Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Mon, 04/04/2022 Patrick.Tonissen In Light of IPBES Global Assessment, French Association for Standardization (AFNOR) Develops Biodiversity Standards Approach for Organizations French (397) Sylvain Boucherand, chair of the French Association for Standardization's (AFNOR) Biodiversity Standardization Commission, in an interview about the new biodiversity standards for organizations created by AFNOR, remarked on the key role which the IPBES Global Assessment had in changing the discourse around biodiversity and creating demand for standards such as AFNOR's. The standards are likely to be taken up by many organizations and businesses in France and elsewhere, as AFNOR is a quasi-public institutions for norms. New/changed action/initiative Website Sylvain Boucherand Interview Sylvain Boucherand Interview https://www.affiches-parisiennes.com/afnor-lance-la-premiere-norme-demarche-biodiversite-des-organisations-11830.html 2021-01-14 National Europe and Central Asia France public Patrick Tonissen IPBES Communications Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 rspaull IPBES Global Assessment Prominently Cited in Lombard Odier Private Bank and WWF Donor's Guide to the Environment English (396) Swiss Private Bank Lombard Odier and WWF launched a donor's guide that prominently cites the Global Assessment in making the case for philanthropic donoations and specific donation opportunties around the world. New/changed action/initiative Website Lombard Odier and the WWF launch Donor’s Guide to the Environment Lombard Odier and the WWF launch Donor’s Guide to the Environment https://www.lombardodier.com/contents/corporate-news/media-releases/2020/june/lombard-odier-and-the-wwf-launch.html 2020-06-25 Global Cross-regional private Rob Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn
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 Tue, 18/10/2022 Fernando Neda IPBES Global Assessment Inspires Poetry Project Raising Awareness about Biodiversity Loss English (396) Stating he wants to use his work "to encourage people to create a sanctuary for life on earth,” poet Anthony E. Lovell founded The One Million Poetry project, taking inspiration from the 2019 IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Through poetry and visual art, the project aims to raise awareness of the one million species at risk of extinction and tap "into the emotional power of poetry to touch people’s hearts and encourage them to take action whilst there is still time."

Lovell "founded The One Million Poetry Project in collaboration with Ingrid Lung of The Earth Agency in response to the 2019 IPBES report that identified up to 1,000,000 species were at risk of extinction from human activity. The project seeks to collaborate with other artists, conservation organisations and corporations in support of sharing the earth with all species, recognition of other species (Great Apes, Cetaceans, and Elephants to start with), and the promotion of a ‘Sanctuary Earth’ world view."
 New/changed action/initiative Website One Million Species at risk of extinction One Million Species at risk of extinction https://www.theonemillionpoetry.com/one-million 2022-04-22 Individual public Fernando Neda IPBES PIA Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Mon, 04/04/2022 Anonymous Cardinal Peter Tukson Cites IPBES Pandemics Report in Vatican-Organized Webinar on Biodiversity English (396) Speaking during a Vatican-organized webinar on biodiversity, Ghanaian Cardinal Peter Turkson, pointed to the links between human behavior, the destruction of nature and the onset of pandemics, citing the IPBES Pandemics Report. Turkson outlined four goals leading up to the COP15 conference on biodiversity, which aim to increase protected areas so that biodiversity can thrive. New/changed idea Website Jane Goodall says Pope Francis is a ‘reason for hope’ in the future Jane Goodall says Pope Francis is a ‘reason for hope’ in the future https://angelusnews.com/news/world/jane-goodall-says-pope-francis-is-a-reason-for-hope-in-the-future/ 2021-04-21 Global public Britt Curley IPBES Programme Management Assistant-Communications Secretariat: Bonn
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 Mon, 27/11/2023 Amarys Preuss South African Reasearchers Apply IPBES Sustainable Use of Wild Species Report Findings to National Context in Support of Sustainability Policies English (396) South African researchers use the findings and key messages from the IPBES Sustainable Use of Wild Species Assessment Report to draw implications for South African approaches tosustainability. The article published in the South African Journal of Science argues that preventing biodiversity loss holds benefits for development and livelihoods, despite policy implementation constraints.
 New/changed research project Print Article The Sustainable Use of Wild Species Benefits Biodiversity and Human Well-Being in South Africa The Sustainable Use of Wild Species Benefits Biodiversity and Human Well-Being in South Africa https://sajs.co.za/article/view/15739 2023-03-29 National Africa South Africa public Amarys Preuss IPBES SHE Officer Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Mon, 27/11/2023 Fernando Neda France Télévisions Journalists Trained by IPBES Experts on Biodiversity Issues French (397) Since the publication of the Charter for Upgrading Journalistic Practices to Tackle the Ecological Emergency, several media outlets in France committed themselves to train their editorial staff on climate and biodiversity issues. In May 2023, IPBES and IPCC experts held a seminar to train journalists from France Télévisions on this topic.

More than 1,500 journalists have already chosen to sign the charter, accessible at www.chartejournalismeecologie.fr		 New/changed action/initiative Website Très fière de ce nouveau séminaire avec des experts du #GIEC et de l'#IPBES pour former les #journalistes de @Francetele aux questions du #climat et de la #biodiversité. Très fière de ce nouveau séminaire avec des experts du #GIEC et de l'#IPBES pour former les #journalistes de @Francetele aux questions du #climat et de la #biodiversité. https://twitter.com/sophiepiard/status/1656710120699510784 2023-05-11 Organizational Europe and Central Asia France public Fernando Neda IPBES PIA Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous ShareAction Biodiversity Report Highlights Findings of IPBES Global Assessment English (396) ShareAction has released "Point of No Returns - Biodiversity: An assessment of asset managers’ approaches to biodiversity," which highlights the findings of the IPBES Global Assessment as part of its executive summary and overview of the state of biodiversity. The report explains that "the 2019 landmark report released by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) illustrates starkly the extent to which human activity is eroding the world’s ecological foundations."

ShareAction is a non-profit working to build a global investment sector which is responsible for its impacts on people and planet. "ShareAction is a campaigning organisation pushing the global investment system to take responsibility for its impacts on people and planet, and use its power to create a green, fair, and healthy society. We want a future where all finance powers social progress. For 15 years, ShareAction has driven responsibility into the heart of mainstream investment through research, campaigning, policy advocacy, and public mobilisation. Using our tools and expertise, we influence major investors and the companies they invest in to improve labour standards, tackle the climate crisis and address inequality and public health issues."		 New/changed research project Website Link to report Link to report https://greenfinanceplatform.org/resource/point-no-returns-biodiversity-assessment-asset-managers%E2%80%99-approaches-biodiversity 2020-06-11 Multi-organizational/network private Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 Fri, 19/08/2022 Anonymous Scotish Natural Heritage Creates Biodiversity Challenge Fund Inspired by IPBES Global Assessment English (396) Scottish Natural Heritage, the public body responsible for Scotland’s Natural Heritage, has created the Biodiversity Challenge Fund in an effort to support nature-based solutions that address the climate and biodiversity crises. The fund comes in response to the IPBES Global Assessment and “the high-level priorities of the fund align with the IPBES direct drivers of biodiversity loss.” The first round of funding was confirmed in June 2019, enabling 14 projects across Scotland to share a total of £1.8 million over a two-year period. The second round will be implemented during the 2020-2021 fiscal year and has been boosted with £2 million of additional funds from the UK government.
 New/changed investment Website Link to Scotish Natural Heritage Website Link to Scotish Natural Heritage Website https://www.nature.scot/funding/biodiversity-challenge-fund-bcf/biodiversity-challenge-fund-outcomes-and-eligibility GBP 3.8 million National Europe and Central Asia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Scotland public Michelle Hahn-Baker IPBES Consultant Secretariat: Bonn
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 Mon, 04/04/2022 rspaull Dutch Multinational Royal DSM N.V. Refers to Global Assessment Findings in 2020 Integrated Annual Report English (396) Royal DSM N.V. (Dutch multinational with net global annual sales of more than Euro 8.6 billion) includes in their Integrated Annual Report for 2020: "Like every business in the world, we depend on nature and ecosystem services. We acknowledge our role to protect biodiversity, and fully support the ambitions of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. Biodiversity loss is accelerating, and its key drivers are all connected with human activity. According to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Global Assessment, one million of the eight million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction. We address our impacts on biodiversity and natural ecosystems through our Responsible Care Plan, especially with our GHG reduction, water stewardship and waste management programs." New/changed commitment Website Royal DSM: Integrated Annual Report 2020 Royal DSM: Integrated Annual Report 2020 https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/ROYAL-DSM-N-V-6279/news/Royal-DSM-N-nbsp-Integrated-Annual-Report-2020-32579892/ 2021-03-02 Organizational Cross-regional public Robert Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn
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 Mon, 27/11/2023 Fernando Neda Scientists Use IPBES Conceptual Framework in Research to Address Environmental Discourse and Resource Understandings English (396) Researchers utilized the IPBES conceptual framework as a conceptual tool to examine and update the understanding of resource meanings and knowledge systems within historically non-sedentary societies. Researchers incorporated the concepts and methodologies outlined in the IPBES framework to analyze the connection between food customs, land knowledge, and resource understandings among non-sedentary peoples in Eurasia, specifically focusing on sturgeon aquaculture facilities in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan.

"This study’s expanded IPBES model meets the call of the IPBES framework for addressing environmental discourse and resource understandings which naturalize categorical distinctions," wrote the paper's authors.
New/changed research project Print Article What is a resource? representing Eurasia’s pastoral/nomadic development history in the IPBES Framework for reconceptualized resource meanings What is a resource? representing Eurasia’s pastoral/nomadic development history in the IPBES Framework for reconceptualized resource meanings https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/18793665231177719 2023-05-18 Regional Europe and Central Asia public Fernando Neda IPBES PIA Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Mon, 24/10/2022 Anonymous Is Genetic Variation Lower in Insular Species Populations? Researchers Use IPBES Approach to Conduct Quantitative Literature Review English (396) Researchers undertook a quantitative assessment of the genetic properties of small and isolated populations considered to fall into the “insular” category. The 2019 IPBES Global Assessment emphasized the importance of formal consideration of ecosystems considered to be “insular” due to their inherent vulnerability. These insular populations are expected to suffer from lower levels of genetic diversity, particularly when they are small, and scientists undertaking this research intended to find this out.

The researchers concluded that “insularity had relatively minor effects on genetic diversity within and among populations, which points to the more important role of other factors in shaping evolutionary processes…insularity influenced genetic diversity in a study system when genetic diversity was high even in non-insular populations of the same study system—suggesting an important role for the scope’ of influences on genetic diversity.”
 New/changed research project Website Effects of insularity on genetic diversity within and among natural populations Effects of insularity on genetic diversity within and among natural populations https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ece3.8887 2022-04-15 Global public Fernando Neda IPBES PIA Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Wed, 19/10/2022 Fernando Neda Researchers Use IPBES Framework To Help Identify Key Relationships Between Nature and Well-being in New Zealand English (396) Researchers in New Zealand have published a new study exploring the relationship between natural capital and well-being in the country. The scientists used the IPBES classification to describe the contributions coming from “natural capital,” including material, non-material, and regulating ecosystem services or nature’s contributions to people (ES/NCP).

Goal B of the initial draft of the Convention on Biological Diversity's post-2020 global biodiversity framework acknowledged that "Nature and its contributions to humans are properly accounted for and guide all relevant public and private actions." The researchers call their method "a step forward" in helping analyze the most important factors affecting the link between nature and human well-being, improving narratives about the challenges and opportunities for change for these international commitments, as well as providing a foundation for tracking progress.

The procedure was evaluated utilizing three ES/NCP, one from each major IPBES category of material, regulating, and non-material, as well as two well-being domains (subjective well-being and health status) with varying degrees of objectivity. The research concludes that "that regulating ES/NCP contributed to the six broader categories of well-being, with non-material ES/NCP contributing to health, social relations, material well-being, and environmental quality categories."		 New/changed research project Website A Novel Approach to Identify and Prioritize the Connections Between Nature and People’s Well-Being in New Zealand A Novel Approach to Identify and Prioritize the Connections Between Nature and People’s Well-Being in New Zealand https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.782229/full 2022-04-19 National Asia-Pacific New Zealand public Fernando Neda IPBES PIA Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 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 public Fernando Neda IPBES PIA Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]
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 Wed, 19/10/2022 rspaull Researchers Use IPBES Approach to Analyse Expected Impact of Invasive Alien Species on Global Extinctions English (396) Researchers have heeded the approach of IPBES to address ecological and evolutionary components in conservation assessments in their analysis of expected impacts of invasive alien species on global extinctions. New/changed research project Website Looming extinctions due to invasive species Looming extinctions due to invasive species https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/gcb.15771 2021-06-10 Global public Robert Spaull IPBES Head of Comms Secretariat: Bonn [email protected]