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477 | Wed, 24/08/2022 | Anonymous | New French MPs Trained on IPBES and IPCC Reports | French (397) | Training of willing French newly elected MPs on their first day in office on the joint issues of climate change and biodiversity loss, building on the outcomes of IPBES and IPCC work. This is meant to inform the elaboration and review process of laws in the field of climate change attenuation and adaptation, biodiversity protection but also agriculture, among other. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Media article about the action | Media article about the action | https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/entry/apres-le-second-tour-des-legislatives-ces-scientifiques-veulent-former-les-nouveaux-deputes_fr_62a85bc6e4b04a617353fa85 | 2022-06-20 | 2022-06-22 | National | Europe and Central Asia | France | public | Ms. | Agnes | Hallosserie | French Foundation for Research on Biodiversity | Head of European and international coordination | Other | [email protected] | ||||||||||
483 | Mon, 29/08/2022 | Fernando Neda | Swiss Academies of Sciences (SCNAT) to Brief Swiss Parliamentarians on IPBES Assessments | French (397) | At the invitation of Irène Kälin, President of the National Council, the Swiss Academies of Sciences (a+) will hold dialogues directly with Swiss parliamentarians to brief them on the latest results of research on climate and biodiversity from IPCC and IPBES. The reports presented in detail at the Global Change Day on 12 April 2022, with the dialogue with parliamentarians set for 2 May 2022. Following publication by IPBES in July 2022 of the new Values Assessment and Sustainable Use Assessment, information sessions will also be planned. The President of the National Council will also organize a discussion at the Federal Palace. |
New/changed action/initiative | Website | Échange direct entre la science et le Parlement sur les derniers rapports sur le climat et la biodiversité | Échange direct entre la science et le Parlement sur les derniers rapports sur le climat et la biodiversité | https://scnat.ch/fr/uuid/i/29a5208a-6c2e-5419-b8bf-6ce8f1b21854-%C3%89change_direct_entre_la_science_et_le_Parlement_sur_les_derniers_rapports_sur_le_climat_et_la_biodiversit%C3%A9 | 2022-04-12 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Switzerland | public | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
522 | Mon, 17/10/2022 | rspaull | French Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Tables Information Report on Protection of Endangered Species to National Assembly Based Heavily on IPBES Research | French (397) | The information mission of the Foreign Affairs Commitee of the French Parliament, set up in October 2019, tabled its Information Report on the Protection of Endangered Species, drawing extensively on IPBES published research, especially the IPBES Global Assessment Report. | New/changed research project | Website | RAPPORT D’INFORMATION | RAPPORT D’INFORMATION | https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/15/rapports/cion_afetr/l15b5049_rapport-information.pdf | 2022-02-17 | National | France |
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public | Robert | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | ||||||||||||
547 | Mon, 20/02/2023 | Tania Sanchis Gimenez | COP15 March for Biodiversity and Human Rights Organized by Quebec Civil Society Collective Highlighting IPBES Evidence | French (397) | A large activist 'March for Biodiversity and Human Rights' took place on 10 December 2022 in Montreal, Canada, to mobilise organisations and citizens advocating for biodiversity protection in the context of the CBD COP15, along with local and international allies. The organisers highlighted data from IPBES, among other organisations, such as: 1 million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction. |
New/changed action/initiative | Website | Grande marche pour le vivant / March for Biodiversity and Human rights | Grande marche pour le vivant / March for Biodiversity and Human rights | https://www.facebook.com/events/644721227238451 | 2022-12-10 | Multi-organizational/network | Americas | Canada | public | Ms. | Tania | Sanchis Gimenez | IPBES | Social Media Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | |||||||||||
552 | 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 |
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public | Charlotte | Mousnier | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | |||||||||||
559 | Mon, 27/11/2023 | Anonymous | IPBES experts, among other relevant biodiversity and climate change stakeholders, to train the French National Assembly | French (397) | 25 scientists from the IPCC, IPBES, HCC and IDDRI visit the French National Assembly in order to train newly elected MEPs on climate and biodiversity. | New/changed action/initiative | Other | Tweet from Le Monde journalist Audrey Garric | Tweet from Le Monde journalist Audrey Garric | https://twitter.com/audreygarric/status/1536633277544648711?s=20&t=chqputPUJodTC5YUJt5Ekw | 2022-06-20 | 2022-06-22 | National | Europe and Central Asia | France |
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public | Tania | Sanchis Gimenez | IPBES | Social Media Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | ||||||||||
563 | 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] | ||||||||||||||
575 | 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 |
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public | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | |||||||||||
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] | |||||||||||
195 | 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 | |||||||||||||
196 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | IPBES Global Assessment Prompts International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) to 'Rethink How We Work Together to Tackle the Biodiversity Crisis' | English (396) | The IPBES Global Assessment Report has influenced the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)'s biodiversity lead write that "the key findings of the [IPBES] Report that show, in no uncertain terms, biodiversity is declining at rates unprecedented in human history. This rapid reduction of the world’s precious natural diversity is cause for great alarm, but as the report also states, it’s not too late for us to make a difference." The ICMM has therfore urged business and governments to adopt a collaborative approach to managing biodiversity and building a robust post-2020 Biodiversity Framework. |
New/changed action/initiative | Website | ICMM January 2020 Newsletter | ICMM January 2020 Newsletter | https://www.icmm.com/en-gb/news/2020/newsletter-jan-2020 | Organizational | Cross-regional | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||||
197 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Citing IPBES Global Assessment Key Findings, United States Representative Deb Haaland (D-NM) Introduces '30 By 30 Resolution to Save Nature' | English (396) | U.S. Representative Deb Haaland (NM-01), joined Reps. Joe Neguse (Colo.-02), Ted Lieu (Calif.-33), Ruben Gallego (Ariz.-07), and Ed Case (Hawaii-01) to introduce the Thirty by Thirty Resolution to Save Nature to set a goal for the United States to conserve at least 30% of the ocean and land by 2030. In a press conference, Rep. Haaland said, “Globally, the loss of nature – accelerated by climate change – is putting up to one million species on the path to extinction. Conserving our lands and waters is essential to protecting humans and wildlife and stabilizing our climate, so I’m following the direction from leading scientists and introducing this resolution to set a national goal of conserving 30 percent of America’s land and oceans by 2030 to tackle this urgent crisis.” The legislation is a companion bill to S. Res. 372 introduced by Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Michael Bennett (D-Colo.) in October 2019. |
New/changed law/regulation | Website | United States Rep. Deb Haaland Press Release | United States Rep. Deb Haaland Press Release | https://haaland.house.gov/media/press-releases/haaland-sets-national-goal-conserving-30-us-lands-and-ocean-2030 | 2020-02-07 | National | Americas | United States of America | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
198 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | IPBES Global Assessment and Key Findings Cited in United States Senate Resolution to Protect 30% of the Land and Ocean by 2030 | English (396) | The IPBES Global Assessment and key findings from the Report were cited within the text of United States Senate Resolution 372 in the 116th Congress, a bill which suggests that "the Federal Government should establish a national goal of conserving at least 30 percent of the land and 30 percent of the ocean within the territory of the United States by 2030." Namely, the findings that 1 million species face extinction, the direct drivers of biodiversity loss and five specific facts were incorporated in the bill to justify this proposal: ((A) human activities are damaging 2⁄3 of ocean areas; (B) only 3 percent of ocean areas remain pristine; (C) 15 percent of mangroves remain; (D) 50 percent of coral reefs remain; and (E) at the current rate of losses, less than 10 percent of the Earth will be free of substantial human impact by 2050);. |
New/changed law/regulation | Website | US Senate Resolution 372 - 116th Congress | US Senate Resolution 372 - 116th Congress | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-resolution/372/text | 2019-10-22 | National | Americas | United States of America | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
199 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Citing IPBES Global Assessment Key Finding and Direct Drivers of Biodiversity Loss, US Sports Radio Channel Encourages Donations for Endangered Species | English (396) | Citing the IPBES Global Assessment key finding that 1 million species of plants and animals face extinction and the top five direct drivers of biodiversity loss, WNFL in Wisconsin, a US-based Sports Radio Channel, has encouraged listeners to donate for endangered species. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | WNFL Encourages Listeners to Donate for Endangered Species | WNFL Encourages Listeners to Donate for Endangered Species | https://wnflsports.com/blogs/the-great-outdoors/1642/dont-forget-to-donate-to-the-endangered-resources-fund-on-your-tax-form/ | 2020-02-01 | State/Provincial | Americas | United States of America | Wisconsin | private | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||
200 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Citing IPBES Global Assessement, 102 Environmental NGOs Launch 'Blue Manifesto' Urging EU Countries to 'Adopt a 2030 Vision for Healthy Seas' | English (396) | More than 100 NGOs have called on European Governments to implement ambitious climate and biodiversity policies to protect marine and coastal ecosystems. "The NGOs, led by Seas At Risk, BirdLife Europe, ClientEarth, Oceana, Surfrider Foundation Europe and WWF, highlight that to be successful, change is needed on both land and sea, so they call for: • At least 30% of the ocean to be highly or fully protected by 2030 • Shift to low-impact fishing • Securing a pollution-free ocean • Planning of human activities that support the restoration of thriving marine ecosystems" |
New/changed action/initiative | Website | Blue Manifesto | Blue Manifesto | https://www.fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?monthyear=1-2020&day=30&id=106193 | 2020-01-30 | Subregional | Europe and Central Asia | European Union | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
201 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Nigeria developed a two-year strategy for pollinator-friendly land degradation neutrality | English (396) | Following the discussions and agreement at the BES-Net Anglophone Africa Regional Trialogue, policy, science and practice sector representatives in Nigeria convened to refine a two-year strategic action plan for pollinator-friendly land degradation neutrality, as a means to act on the IPBES thematic assessments on pollinators/pollination and land degradation/restoration. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Nigeria takes stock of pollinator friendly land degradation action plan | Nigeria takes stock of pollinator friendly land degradation action plan | https://guardian.ng/property/nigeria-takes-stock-of-pollinator-friendly-land-degradation-action-plan/ | National | Africa | Nigeria | public | Yuko | Kurauchi | United Nations Development Programme | Policy Specialist | Stakeholder, Other | [email protected] | |||||||||||||
202 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | WWF Draws Extensively on IPBES Global Assessment in 2020 Global Futures Report | English (396) | The Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) draws extensively on the IPBES Global Assessment in its 2020 Global Futures Report. The report, aimed primarily at decision-makers in governments and the public sector, urges transformative change across all sectors to reverse the dangerous decline of nature. The report uses evidence synthesized by IPBES as the basis for many of its appeals and also builds upon the foundations of the Global Assessment. | New/changed research project | Website | Link to WWF Global Futures Summary Report | Link to WWF Global Futures Summary Report | https://www.wwf.org.uk/sites/default/files/2020-02/GlobalFutures_SummaryReport.pdf | 2020-02-12 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | public | Michelle | Hahn-Baker | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
203 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Group Letter to WHO in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic Draws on IPBES Global Assessment | English (396) | In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a group letter urged the World Health Organization to abolish wildlife markets, citing the IPBES Global Assessment. The joint letter by the Environment and Animal Society of Taiwan and other groups was signed by 208 organizations and individuals around the world. The letter refers to the finding of the IPBES Global Assessment that one million species are at risk of extinction, as well its identification of the five leading direct drivers of biodiversity loss. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Summary of group letter to WHO | Summary of group letter to WHO | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2020/02/16/2003731089 | 2020-02-15 | Global | Cross-regional | public | Michelle | Hahn-Baker | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
204 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Former US Secretary of State Draws on IPBES Global Assessment in Appeal to World Leaders to Protect Biodiversity | English (396) | Madeleine Albright, former US Secretary of State and former US Ambassador to the United Nations, draws on the IPBES Global Assessment in an article following the 2020 gathering of the Aspen Ministers Forum. Albright provides context for a statement released on 18 February 2020, signed by 23 former foreign ministers calling on world leaders to protect biodiversity. Albright highlights the findings of the IPBES Global Assessment, including that “the current rate of extinction is two to three times higher than the average rate over the past ten million years. As a result, up to one million species now stand threatened.” |
New article | Website | Link to Madeleine Albright’s Article | Link to Madeleine Albright’s Article | https://www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/protecting-biodiversity-supports-global-stability-and-sustainable-development/ | 2020-02-18 | Organizational | Cross-regional | public | Michelle | Hahn-Baker | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
205 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | International Council on Mining and Metals Cites IPBES in Submission to CBD Post-2020 Framework on Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Industrial Sectors | English (396) | In its submission to the Convention on Biological Diversity Post-2020 Framework on Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Industrial Sectors, the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) reflected on the role of business in mainstreaming biodiversity. The ICMM referred to the findings of the IPBES Global Assessment as evidence of why a fresh approach to business and biodiversity is necessary. The ICMM explained that “we all depend on ecosystems for our survival, this rapid reduction of the world’s precious natural diversity is cause for great alarm. However, as the report also states, it’s not too late for us to make a difference.” The ICMM submission includes fundamental actions to be adopted by ICMM members, as well as suggestions for global and national policy. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | PDF of International Council on Mining and Metals Submission to the CBD | PDF of International Council on Mining and Metals Submission to the CBD | https://www.cbd.int/api/v2013/documents/EA2D52FC-A7FF-7254-9E3F-6D4320625A05/attachments/ICMM.pdf | 2020-02-03 | Global | Cross-regional | public | Michelle | Hahn-Baker | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn |