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367 | Wed, 28/09/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | In Light of IPBES Global Assessment Findings and Media Success, Fridtjof Nansen Institute Policy Brief Examines Implications for Norwegian Context | Writing for the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, a policy brief by Christian Prip "Towards a global deal for biodiversity with Norway as a proactive contributor," "scrutinizes the delayed process under the Convention on Biological Diversity towards a new global framework for biodiversity with goals and targets, focusing on the major issues under discussion, and contributions from Norway to the process," with a strong focus on the findings of the IPBES Global Assessment and its 'eye-opening' effect on the public. "The fact that our planet is hit by a global biodiversity crisis has attracted far less attention than the equally severe climate crisis. However, in 2019 the biodiversity crisis emerged from the shadows with the release of the Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), a UN body established in 2012. The report made media headlines worldwide, thereby confirming the expediency of establishing IPBES as nature’s counterpart to the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)." |
New/changed action/initiative | Website | Policy Brief | Policy Brief | https://www.fni.no/getfile.php/1313039-1600851329/Filer/Publikasjoner/FNI%20Policy%20Brief%202020%2003.pdf | 2020-09-23 | Multi-organizational/network | Europe and Central Asia | Norway | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | |||||||||||||
393 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | IPBES Pandemics Report Featured Prominently in Fridtjof Nansen Institute Policy Brief | English (396) | In a policy brief for the Fridtjof Nansen Institute in Norway, FNI researchers and analysts incorporated many findings from the IPBES Pandemics Report into their report on "Global governance of health and nature in the wake of COVID-19. Attentive to the role of China and to poverty perspectives". | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Policy brief | Policy brief | https://www.fni.no/news/one-health-for-human-and-nature-to-fight-pandemics?s=09 | 2021-02-17 | Multi-organizational/network | Europe and Central Asia | Norway | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
209 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | President of the Fondation pour la recherche sur la biodiversité presented scientific articles from 2019 that accentuated and expanded the work of IPBES | French (397) | During the plenary of the Strategic Orientation Council of the Fondation pour la recherche sur la biodiversité (Foundation for Biodiversity Research), President Jean-Francois Silvain presented impactful scientific articles from 2019 that accentuated and expanded the message shared by IPBES that the populations of many species are declining and that one million species are at risk of extinction. |
New article | Website | Presentation on the website of the Fondation pour la recherche sur la biodiversité | Presentation on the website of the Fondation pour la recherche sur la biodiversité | https://www.fondationbiodiversite.fr/jean-francois-silvain-president-de-la-frb-revient-sur-des-articles-scientifiques-sur-qui-ont-marque-2019/ | 2019-12-12 | Organizational | Europe and Central Asia | France | public | Michelle | Hahn-Baker | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
602 | Mon, 27/11/2023 | Amarys Preuss | French Foundation for Biodiversity Research Publishes Prospective Study, Building on IPBES Work and Concepts to Define Future Fields for Biodiversity Research | French (397) | The French Foundation for Biodiversity Research conducted a prospective study to defines the pillars of biodiversity research in the years to come, in order to highlight gaps and support coordination among researchers and funders. The study builds upon the various IPBES products to identify existing knowledge and research needs. It also makes use of concepts from IPBES' work, in particular the Nature Futures Framework and the concept of transformative change, to define the fourth pillar of research potential "Systemic responses: transformative change and leverage measures". A conference will take place on 6 December 2023 to present the results of this study to the research community. |
New/changed research project | Website | Prospective scientifique pour la recherche française sur la biodiversité – 2023 | Prospective scientifique pour la recherche française sur la biodiversité – 2023 | https://www.fondationbiodiversite.fr/prospective-scientifique-pour-la-recherche-francaise-sur-la-biodiversite-2023/ | 2021-01-01 | 2023-12-06 | National | Europe and Central Asia | France |
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public | Amarys | Preuss | IPBES | Stakeholder Engagement Officer | [email protected] | |||||||||||
353 | Wed, 14/09/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | Multiple IPBES Assessment Reports Cited in French Foundation for Biodiversity Research (FRB) Report on French Actions in Light of IPBES Findings | French (397) | A synthesis report from the French Foundation for Biodiversity Research (FRB) detailing options for action in light of IPBES findings cited, among others, the IPBES Assessment Report Scenarios and Models, Pollination Assessment, Regional Assessment for European and Central Asia Global Assessment and Invasive Species Assessment. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | FRB Report | FRB Report | https://www.fondationbiodiversite.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/FRB-methode-synthese-Cos-Ipbes.pdf | 2020-10-23 | National | Europe and Central Asia | France | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | ||||||||||||
537 | Mon, 06/02/2023 | Fernando Neda | Actress Angelia Jolie, UNESCO and Guerlain Partner to Tackle Bee Decline and Pollination Crisis Pinpointed by IPBES Pollination Assessment | English (396) | In 2021, French cosmetics house Guerlain partnered with Oscar- winning actress Angelina Jolie and UNESCO’s Women for Bees Programme to help counter the dropping rates of the world honeybee population. The five-year programme is part of a partnership between UNESCO and the LVMH group to support UNESCO’s scientific Man and the Biosphere (MAB) programme. Focusing on the protection of bees, their welfare and repopulation, as well as education on bees, the programme aims to enable women’s social emancipation through an expertise-driven sustainable professional activity. It also aims to contribute to the repopulation of bees, and to raising awareness of their importance as pollinators bearing in mind that animals play a major part in the pollination of 90% of the planet’s wild flowers. According to IPBES Assessment Report on Pollinators, Pollination and Food Production, close to 75% of all cultivated plants and 90% of wild flowering plants depend on pollinators, which includes bees. “Following the first training program in France and now this second one in Cambodia, the Women for Bees program will have trained 18 total beekeepers, all of which are well underway of creating their own beekeeping operations worldwide. And at the end of the first year of the program, we are on track to have repopulated nearly 25 million bees,” claimed Cécile Lochard, Guerlain's Chief Sustainability Officer. “Following the first training program in France and now this second one in Cambodia, the Women for Bees program will have trained 18 total beekeepers, all of which are well underway of creating their own beekeeping operations worldwide. And at the end of the first year of the program, we are on track to have repopulated nearly 25 million bees,” she continued. |
New/changed action/initiative | Website | One Year Later, Angelina Jolie And Guerlain Continue To Fight For Global Bee Preservation | One Year Later, Angelina Jolie And Guerlain Continue To Fight For Global Bee Preservation | https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccasuhrawardi/2022/05/20/one-year-later-angelina-jolie-and-guerlain-continue-to-fight-for-global-bee-preservation/ | 2021-03-08 | Global | private | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | ||||||||||||||
253 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Former French Minister Discusses IPBES Reports in Podcast Interview About Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss | French (397) | Yves Cochet, the former French Minister of Spatial Planning and the Environment, discussed various IPBES Reports in a podcast interview about the interlinkages of climate change and biodiversity loss. |
New/changed action/initiative | Website | Link to podcast interview | Link to podcast interview | https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/la-terre-au-carre/la-terre-au-carre-09-octobre-2019 | 2019-10-09 | National | Europe and Central Asia | France | private | Michelle | Hahn-Baker | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
525 | 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] | ||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||
540 | Thu, 09/02/2023 | Fernando Neda | G7 Ministers' Communique Highlights IPBES Findings & Calls on IPBES and IPCC to Intensify Cooperation | English (396) | G7 Ministers of Climate, Energy and the Environment, met on 26th–27th May 2022 in Berlin to address the multiple crises that are endangering the climate and environment and causing severe impacts on the planet, lives and livelihoods, and the next generations’ needs around the world. Through an official communiqué, the Ministers stated: "We express our deep concern regarding the triple global crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, recognising that these challenges are inextricably interlinked and mutually reinforcing, and that they are driven largely by human activity and by unsustainable patterns of consumption and production. We therefore commit to immediate, short- and medium-term action in this critical decade, leveraging the synergies between climate and biodiversity action, the clean energy transition and environmental protection, which should inform long-term transformative change". Consequently the Ministers called on "the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and other relevant international science and policy panels to intensify their cooperation in this regard". Likewise, the Ministers added: "We also highlight with concern the findings of the IPBES, indicating that around 1 million species are threatened by extinction, many within decades, and that biodiversity is declining and ecosystems are degrading faster than at any time in human history. We stress the urgency of adopting a new global biodiversity framework in 2022 and its prompt and swift implementation for halting and reversing biodiversity loss by 2030". |
New/changed action/initiative | Website | G7 Climate, Energy and Environment Ministers’ Communiqué | G7 Climate, Energy and Environment Ministers’ Communiqué | https://www.g7germany.de/resource/blob/974430/2044350/84e380088170c69e6b6ad45dbd133ef8/2022-05-27-1-climate-ministers-communique-data.pdf?download=1 | 2022-05-27 | Global | Cross-regional |
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public | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | ||||||||||||
628 | Thu, 02/05/2024 | Amarys Preuss | G7 Environment Ministers Base New Commitments on Several IPBES Reports' Findings | English (396) | The Ministers of Climate, Energy and the Environment of the G7 issued a joint Declaration on 30 April 2024 outlining the new commitments and programs to be implemented to reach international climate and environmental goals. Reaffirming "the importance of a science-driven approach in policy-making", the Declaration emphasizes the key role IPBES reports' findings play in defining priorities for action, and takes act of the interconnected nature of the direct and indirect levers of biodiversity loss. In particular, the Declaration takes note of the IPBES Global Assessment Report and the Invasive Alien Species and their Control Report as evidence sources for the ecosystems degradation that needs to be addressed through global action. |
New/changed commitment | Website | The Ministerial meeting on Climate, Energy and Environment ends with the adoption of a joint communiqué | The Ministerial meeting on Climate, Energy and Environment ends with the adoption of a joint communiqué | https://www.g7italy.it/en/the-ministerial-meeting-on-climate-energy-and-environment-ends-with-the-adoption-of-a-joint-communique/ | 2024-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | Global | Canada, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America | public | Amarys | Preuss | IPBES | Stakeholder Engagement Officer | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | ||||||||||||
598 | Wed, 22/11/2023 | Fernando Neda | Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Launches New Task Group to Respond to Challenges and Recommendations Outlined by IPBES IAS Report | English (396) | GBIF, the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, an international network and data infrastructure funded by the world's governments and aimed at providing open access to data, announced the launch of a new task group to address data challenges revealed by the IPBES Invasive Species Assessment Report, including national needs for tracking progress toward reducing impacts of invasive alien species "The task group recommended by the GBIF Science Committee, and endorsed by the GBIF Executive Committee will review recent developments in the science-policy interface relating to invasive alien species, and recommend actions for GBIF that will best address the needs of data users. These developments include not just the IPBES Assessment but also the needs of governments to track progress towards Target 6 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), relating to preventing or reducing the introduction and establishment of invasive alien species," stated the organization via a press release. |
New/changed action/initiative | Website | GBIF ramps up support of information needed to tackle invasive alien species | GBIF ramps up support of information needed to tackle invasive alien species | https://www.gbif.org/news/5z5ZYdbhG5CznrQjTZdKg7/gbif-ramps-up-support-of-information-needed-to-tackle-invasive-alien-species | 2023-09-11 | Global | public | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | ||||||||||||||
340 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | Following Release of IPBES Pandemics Report, Global Biodiversity Information Facility Announces Task Group to Enhance Research of Species Linked to Human Diseases | English (396) | In a media release announcing the new task group to enhance Global Biodiversity Information Facility-enabled research of species linked to human diseases, GBIF Governing Board Chair noted that: "By providing access to high-quality data relevant to zoonotic and vector-borne diseases, GBIF can support the implementation of 'One Health' approaches to disease research, public-health risk management and policy responses like those outlined in the IPBES Workshop Report on Biodiversity and Pandemics." | New/changed network | Website | GBIF Media Release | GBIF Media Release | https://www.gbif.org/news/j6dXMQP9an4EnREeTT3oi/task-group-to-enhance-gbif-enabled-research-on-species-linked-to-human-diseases | 2020-11-02 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
335 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | After IPBES-Inspired Declaration of Ecological Emergency, Glasgow City Council Working Group Publishes Report and Recommendations, Prominently Citing IPBES Global Assessment | English (396) | After the release of the IPBES Global Assessment inspired the Glasgow City Council to declaration an ecological emergency in May 2019, in November 2020 the Council's Ecological Emergency Working Group published its Report and Recommendations, which prominently cites the IPBES Global Assessment and discusses how the primary drivers of biodiversity loss fit into a local Glaswegian context. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Article | Article | https://www.glasgownews.org.uk/ecological-emergency-working-group-publishes-its-recommendations/ | 2020-11-24 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
327 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | rspaull | Civil Society Organizations Identify IPBES Research in Letter to Consumer Goods Forum About Ending Deforestation in their Member Companies' Supply Chains | English (396) | More than 70 signatories, representing a range of civil society organisations, wrote an open letter to the Consumer Goods Forum, citing IPBES and IPCC findings about the way in which food is produced and consumed as a leading driver of the nature crisis - calling on all CGF members to act boldly to halt deforestation, species loss and human rights abuses in their supply chains. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | https://www.globalwitness.org/en/press-releases/a-letter-to-the-consumer-goods-forum-its-time-to-stop-the-fires-and-deliver-on-no-deforestation-no-peat-no-exploitation-commitments/ | https://www.globalwitness.org/en/press-releases/a-letter-to-the-consumer-goods-forum-its-time-to-stop-the-fires-and-deliver-on-no-deforestation-no-peat-no-exploitation-commitments/ | 2020-06-22 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | public | Rob | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||||
387 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | Citing IPBES Global Assessment, Subnational and Local Governments in 'Edinburgh Declaration on Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework' Call for Transformative Change | English (396) | Citing the IPBES Global Assessment in numerous places, a grouping of subnational and local governments in the 'Edinburgh Declaration on Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework' call for, among other things, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity to "bring about transformative change, as outlined in the IPBES Global Assessment Report, in order to halt biodiversity loss." | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Edinburgh Declaration on post-2020 global biodiversity framework | Edinburgh Declaration on post-2020 global biodiversity framework | https://www.gov.scot/publications/edinburgh-declaration-on-post-2020-biodiversity-framework/pages/call-for-action/ | 2020-08-31 | Global | Cross-regional | United States of America | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
210 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | IPBES Global Assessment cited in Scottish Environmental Strategy | English (396) | The Scottish government cites the IPBES Global Assessment multiple times in the Environmental Strategy for Scotland: Vision and Outcomes, published 25 February 2020. The strategy seeks to respond to the biodiversity crisis and global decline in nature illustrated in the Assessment. |
New/changed commitment | Website | Overview of the Environment Strategy for Scotland’s long-term vision and supporting outcomes | Overview of the Environment Strategy for Scotland’s long-term vision and supporting outcomes | https://www.gov.scot/publications/environment-strategy-scotland-vision-outcomes/ | 2020-02-25 | National | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Scotland | public | Michelle | Hahn-Baker | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||
448 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | G7 Ministers Responsible for Climate and Environment Referenced IPBES Assessment in Policy Paper Outlining Firm Commitments to Address Joint Climate and Biodiversity Crisis | English (396) | The G7 Ministers responsible for Climate and Environment met virtually on May 21, 2021 in London to discuss the joint climate and biodiversity crisis. In a subsequently produced policy paper, Members acknowledge their recognition of the unprecedented and interdependent crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, and referenced recent assessments, including IPBES Assessment, which document that "rapid and far-reaching transformations across all sectors of society and the economy are necessary to tackle climate change, environmental degradation and biodiversity loss". The policy paper outlines a range of commitments to address the crises including a move towards global sustainability, and a commitment to ensure that actions taken will "maximise the opportunities to solve these crises in parallel". |
New/changed commitment | Website | G7 Climate and Environment: Ministers’ Communiqué | G7 Climate and Environment: Ministers’ Communiqué | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/g7-climate-and-environment-ministers-meeting-may-2021-communique/g7-climate-and-environment-ministers-communique-london-21-may-2021 | 2021-05-21 | Multi-organizational/network | public | Britt | Curley | IPBES | Programme Management Assistant-Communications | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||||
376 | Wed, 06/04/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | Citing IPBES Global Assessment Key Finding, The Government of Sweden Announces Green Recovery Package | English (396) | In a media release announcing a green recovery package in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Sweden cited the IPBES Global Assessment key finding that 1 million species risk extinction, noting the implications for a Swedish context. | New/changed policy | Website | Media release | Media release | https://www.government.se/press-releases/2020/09/green-recovery-will-lift-sweden-out-of-dual-crisis/ | 2020-09-16 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Sweden | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
381 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | Citing IPBES Global Assessment, the Greens/European Free Alliance group in the European Parliament calls for 'Radical Transformation' of Agricultural Systems | English (396) | The Greens/European Free Alliance group in the European Parliament, citing the IPBES Global Assessment, have called for 'radical transformation' of agricultural systems, particularly with regards to the EU Common Agricultural Policy. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Greens/EFA Article | Greens/EFA Article | https://www.greens-efa.eu/en/article/news/radical-transformation-of-our-agricultural-system-needed-not-gmos/ | 2020-09-09 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | European Union | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn |