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# | Operations | Changed | User | Informative Title/Headline (English only) | Language(s) of Evidence of Impact | Description of Impact(s) (English Only) | Type(s) of Impact(s) Generated (English Only) | Other impact | Source | Other source | Link to Information – where available | Link to Information – where available: Link Title | Link to Information – where available: Link URL | Other deliverable/element | Start date of 'Implementation' | End date of 'Implementation' Sort descending | Economic value of impact (currency) | Economic value of impact (amount) | Scale of impact | Region of Impact | Country/Countries of Impact | State/Province | Supporting Document(s) | Is this a private sector impact? | Salutation | First name | Last name | Institution | Position/Title | IPBES Role (If Any) | Other role | Your contact email | Phone Number |
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414 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | rspaull | World Business Council for Sustainable Development Publishes Brief for Business on the IPBES Global Assessment Report | English (396) | The World Business Council for Sustainable Development has published brief for business on the IPBES Global Assessment Report, which highlights the main points from the report relevant to business and puts it in the context of other landmark reports, such as the World Economic Forum’s New Nature Economy report series and the upcoming Dasgupta Economics of Biodiversity review. | New article | Website | 2019 IPBES Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services report - Business Summary | 2019 IPBES Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services report - Business Summary | https://www.wbcsd.org/Programs/Food-and-Nature/Resources/2019-IPBES-Biodiversity-and-Ecosystems-Services-report-Business-Summary | 2019-08-15 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | public | Robert | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | 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 | ||||||||||||||
416 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | Anonymous | French Environment Ministry Uses Global Assessment Finding to Drive Public Consultation on France's Biodiversity Strategy | French (397) | The Environment Ministry of France has opened a public consultation about the national biodiversity strategy, using the finding from the Global Assessment about a million species at risk of extinction to mobilise engagement. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | https://twitter.com/Ecologie_Gouv/status/1371444327742853125 | https://twitter.com/Ecologie_Gouv/status/1371444327742853125 | 2021-03-15 | National | Europe and Central Asia | France | public | Robert | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
417 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | rspaull | Alicante City Councillors Present Declaration to Develop Local Environment Education Plan Citing IPBES Reports for Urgency | Spanish (399) | The municipal group of Compromís in the Alicante City Council has presented an institutional declaration to the March plenary session to develop a local environmental education plan that ranges from Primary to Baccalaureate, citing the IPBES Reports and Global Assessment findings to underscore the urgency of their call. | New/changed policy | Website | Compromís proposes a local environmental education plan at all educational levels | Compromís proposes a local environmental education plan at all educational levels | https://www.informacion.es/alicante/2021/03/13/compromis-propone-plan-local-educacion-42049619.html | 2021-03-13 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | Spain | Alacant | public | Robert | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||
418 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | rspaull | Chicago Public Schools use Global Assessment Media Release in ELA Educational Project for Grade 10 Curriculum | English (396) | The Public Consulting Group formally requested permission to link the Global Assessment media release in an English Language Arts (ELA) educational project for the Chicago Public Schools entitled: "Curriculum Equity Initiative Grades 6-12", published and authored by Public Consulting Group. The curriculum will be online, and available for Chicago Public School teachers to download and use in their instructional practice. The curriculum will be on a secure server, password-protected. | New/changed action/initiative | Other | 2021-03-18 | City/Community | Americas | United States of America | Illinois | public | Mr. | Rob | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
419 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | rspaull | Poparco cites IPBES's work as Foundational Evidence in new Private Sector Publication on the Role of Business in Biodiversity Protection | English (396) | Proparco, a subsidiary of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) devoted to private sector funding in 80 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East identified IPBES's work as the foundational evidence about the priority that the private sector needs to give to biodiversity protection in a new edition of "Private Sector and Development" entitled 'Preserving Biodiversity - the Private Sector in Action". IPBES MEP Co-Chair, Luthando Dziba was also a contributing author | New/changed action/initiative | Website | https://issuu.com/objectif-developpement/docs/sp_d-35_uk | https://issuu.com/objectif-developpement/docs/sp_d-35_uk | 2021-03-22 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional |
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public | Rob | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||
421 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | rspaull | The Nature Conservancy uses IPBES Global Assessment to Argue for Urgent Action for and Investment in Nature Protection | English (396) | Making extensive use of the IPBES Global Assessment findings, the Nature Conservancy (TNC) argues for urgent action for and investment in nature protection - especially in 2021 during the UN CBD COP15 in Kunming, China. | New article | Website | Nature underpins every aspect of human existence—and it is in crisis | Nature underpins every aspect of human existence—and it is in crisis | https://www.nature.org/en-us/what-we-do/our-insights/perspectives/biodiversity-crisis-nature-underpins-human-existence/ | 2019-10-30 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | public | Rob | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
422 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | rspaull | Con Huesca Podemos Equo group in Huesca, Spain uses IPBES Evidence to Urge City Council to make a Bee Friendly City | Spanish (399) | The Con Huesca Podemos Equo municipal group in Huesca, Spain has requested the Huesca City Council to declare the city a "Bee Friendly City" - addressing loss of habitats, invasive species, climate change and the use of pesticides - citing the IPBES Pollination Assessment as evidence. The City "has promised to study and put on the table the proposal of our group and debate it in the next commission on the Environment." | New/changed commitment | Website | Podemos Equo asks the City Council to make Huesca 'Bees Friendly City' | Podemos Equo asks the City Council to make Huesca 'Bees Friendly City' | https://www.heraldo.es/noticias/aragon/huesca/2021/03/12/podemos-equo-pide-al-ayuntamiento-que-huesca-sea-ciudad-amiga-de-las-abejas-1477307.html | 2021-03-12 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | Spain | Aragon | public | Rob | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||
423 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | rspaull | NRW Volksinitiative Artenvielfalt cites IPBES Global Assessment to Motivate for a Climate and Nature Strike | German (435) | The NRW Volksinitiative Artenvielfalt ("biodiversity popular initiative" in the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia), supported by the Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND), the Landesgemeinschaft Naturschutz und Umwelt NRW (LNU) and the Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) cited the IPBES Global Assessment in calling on social media for a "climate strike" - a public demonstration calling for action on climate change and biodiversity loss. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | https://twitter.com/ArtenvielfaltVI/status/1370356830459822083 | https://twitter.com/ArtenvielfaltVI/status/1370356830459822083 | 2021-03-12 | State/Provincial | Europe and Central Asia | Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia | public | Rob | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
424 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | Anonymous | Article uses IPBES Conceptual Framework and Nature's Contributions to People to Explore Reconfigurations of a Socio-Ecological System in the French Alps | English (396) | This article hypothesises that adaptation to economic, policy and climate changes have occurred through changes in the co-production of nature's contributions to people (NCP) in a social-ecological system in Pays de la Meije, in the French Alps. It does so drawing explicitly on the IPBES Conceptual Framework and the work of IPBES on NCP. | New/changed research project | Website | Historical reconfigurations of a social–ecological system adapting to economic, policy and climate changes in the French Alps | Historical reconfigurations of a social–ecological system adapting to economic, policy and climate changes in the French Alps | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10113-021-01760-8 | 2021-03-24 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | France | Hautes-Alpes | public | Mr. | Rob | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||
425 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | rspaull | Hitachi and Takram use IPBES Global Assessment & Pandemics Report to Outline a Degenerative to Regenerative Transition for the Planet | English (396) | The R&D Group of Hitachi, Ltd. and Takramm as design innovation studio, used the IPBES Global Assessment and IPBES Pandemics Workshop Report to outline a necessary transition from degenerative to regenerative as one of 10 that they suggest are necessary for the world to achieve a sustainable future. | New/changed research project | Website | Transitions to Sustainable Future | Transitions to Sustainable Future | https://sustainability-transitions.com/IPBES#intro | Pandemics Report | 2021-03-26 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | public | Rob | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
426 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | rspaull | World Animal Protection NGO uses IPBES Pandemics Report to Advocate for Canada to do more to Curb the Trade in Wild Animals and their Parts | English (396) | The advocacy group World Animal Protection is linking the wildlife trade with the COVID-19 and other pandemics to argue that Canada should curb the trade in wild animals and their parts, citing the recent IPBES Pandemics Report that points to the trade as a significant driver of pandemic risk. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Canada urged to curb wildlife trade | Canada urged to curb wildlife trade | https://www.rcinet.ca/en/2021/03/27/canada-urged-to-curb-wildlife-trade/ | Pandemics Workshop | 2021-03-27 | National | Americas | Canada | public | Rob | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||
427 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | rspaull | G7 G-Science Academies use IPBES Global Assessment and Conceptual Framework to call on G7 to Integrate Multiple Values of Biodiversity into Decison-Making | English (396) | The Science Academies (G-Science Academies) of the Group of Seven (G7) nations use the IPBES Global Assessment Report and the IPBES Conceptual Framework, specifically the work on nature's contrinutions to people (NCP) to express their view on the magnitude of biodiversity decline and the urgent action required to halt and reverse this trend. They call on the G7 nations to integrate the multiple values of biodiversity into decision-making, and to pursue cross-sectoral solutions that address the biodiversity, climate and other linked crises in a coordinated manner. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Reversing biodiversity loss - the case for urgent action | Reversing biodiversity loss - the case for urgent action | https://royalsociety.org/-/media/about-us/international/g-science-statements/G7-reversing-biodiversity-loss-31-03-2021.pdf | 2021-03-31 | Global | Cross-regional | Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Nigeria, Republic of Korea, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America |
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public | Rob | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||
428 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | rspaull | UNEP uses IPBES Pandemics Report to argue that a Healthy Environment should be a Human Right | English (396) | UNEP uses IPBES Pandemics Report to argue that a Healthy Environment should be a Human Right | New article | Website | Six reasons why a healthy environment should be a human right | Six reasons why a healthy environment should be a human right | https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/six-reasons-why-healthy-environment-should-be-human-right | Pandemics Report | 2021-04-13 | Organizational | Cross-regional | public | Rob | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
430 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | Anonymous | MSIG Asia Increases Efforts on Corporate Sustainability citing IPBES Global Assessment | English (396) | MSIG, a leading Asian insurance brand,quoted the IPBES Global Assessment findings as a reason for their efforts to set the protection, conservation, and restoration of biodiversity as top priority in their Vision 2021. It engaged all 3,500 staff from its regional office and core markets in the the Asia Pacific region to shore up commitment to strengthen corporate sustainability while also focusing on protecting, conserving, and restoring biodiversity. For their efforts they won the bronze award for Best Employee Engagement/Internal Communications at MARKETING-INTERACTIVE's recent PR Awards. | New/changed commitment | Website | #PRAwards 2021 highlight: How MSIG got staff to roll up their sleeves in sustainability push | #PRAwards 2021 highlight: How MSIG got staff to roll up their sleeves in sustainability push | https://www.marketing-interactive.com/prawards-highlight-how-msig-got-staff-to-roll-up-their-sleeves-in-sustainability-push | 2021-04-13 | Organizational | Asia-Pacific | China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam | private | Britt | Curley | IPBES | Programme Management Assistant-Communications | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
431 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | Anonymous | Fiji Director for Environment Cites IPBES Report Findings at Awareness Workshop on the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework | English (396) | Quoting several findings from the IPBES Global Assessment Report, Fiji's Director of Environment, Sandeep Singh, characterized the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework as an opportunity for world leaders to come together at the 15th Conference of Parties of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity to agree on an ambitious framework, which should include its full implementation for adoption as a key instrument to reach the Sustainable Development Goals. | New/changed idea | Website | On the Brink of Extinction | On the Brink of Extinction | https://www.fijitimes.com/on-the-brink-of-extinction/ | 2021-04-13 | National | Asia-Pacific | Fiji | public | Britt | Curley | IPBES | Programme Management Assistant-Communications | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
432 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | Anonymous | Pagan Community Newsletter Quotes IPBES in Making the Case that Biodiversity Should be Addressed as Part of Climate Change. | English (396) | The pagan community newsletter, 'The Wild Hunt', notes that addressing biodiversity as part of climate change is often overlooked outside of science journals and academic forums, and makes the case that addressing the loss of biodiversity and climate change together offers the best hope of preserving more species, the planet, and human lives - including an IPBES Twitter post to emphasize the point. | New/changed idea | Website | https://wildhunt.org/2021/04/pagan-community-notes-week-of-april-12-2021.html | https://wildhunt.org/2021/04/pagan-community-notes-week-of-april-12-2021.html | 2021-04-12 | Multi-organizational/network | public | Britt | Curley | IPBES | Programme Management Assistant-Communications | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||||
433 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | Anonymous | Walmart Quotes IPBES Pollination Assessment - Committing to Promote U.S. Pollinator Health | English (396) | In 2020 Walmart committed to becoming a regenerative company. In April 2021, quoting several findings from IPBES Pollination Assessment, Walmart U.S. debuted a policy to protect US pollinators. They have also taken steps to protect and restore natural resources involved in the production of their goods, and aims to help protect, manage, or restore at least 50 million acres of land and one million square miles of ocean by 2030. See also: https://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2021/04/13/restoring-pollinator-habitats-is-key-to-feeding-the-future | New/changed commitment | Website | Walmart establishes policy to protect pollinators | Walmart establishes policy to protect pollinators | https://www.grocerydive.com/news/walmart-establishes-policy-to-protect-pollinators/598371/ | 2021-04-13 | National | Americas | United States of America |
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private | Britt | Curley | IPBES | Programme Management Assistant-Communications | Secretariat: Bonn |