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487 | Wed, 07/09/2022 | Fernando Neda | International Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Launches Online Course Based Partly on IPBES Global Assessment Evidence | English (396) | The Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), chaired by Michael R. Bloomberg and part of the international Financial Stability Board (FSB) established by the G20, launched a self-paced online course titled "Biodiversity-related disclosure: Understanding impacts and dependencies." Citing IPBES science and publications, particularly the five main drivers of biodiversity loss identified by the IPBES Global Assessment, the course delves into biodiversity-related corporate reporting as businesses increasingly measure, manage and disclose their organizational impacts and dependencies on biodiversity. The course aims to help participants ready their organizations by staying ahead of the risks and opportunities, helping them answer questions like "What characteristics of biodiversity require special attention from companies?" and "What should companies considering biodiversity-related disclosures do?". | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Biodiversity-related disclosure: Understanding impacts and dependencies | Biodiversity-related disclosure: Understanding impacts and dependencies | https://learn.tcfdhub.org/enrol/index.php?id=12 | 2021-12-12 | Global | private | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||||
485 | Wed, 07/09/2022 | Fernando Neda | New Traffic, IUCN and USAID Report Highlights IPBES Science and the Platform's Calls for Action | English (396) | The December 2021 Situation Analysis on Social Behaviour Change Messaging on Wildlife Trade and Zoonotic Disease Risks cites IPBES science, particularly its findings about the "impact of direct exploitation on ecosystems and biodiversity" published in the IPBES Global Assessment. | New/changed research project | Other | Traffic 2021 Situation Analysis | Traffic 2021 Situation Analysis | https://www.traffic.org/publications/reports/situation-analysis-social-and-behaviour-change-messaging-on-wildlife-trade-and-zoonotic-disease-risks/ | 2021-12-08 | Global |
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public | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
479 | 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 | ||||||||||||||||
461 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | bcurley1012 | Dr Eszter Kelemen, Dr Yunne-Jai Shin and Professor Dr Josef Settele Receive the EuroNatur Award on Behalf of Researchers at IPBES | English (396) | In recognition of their tireless efforts in defining biodiversity loss, analysing its causes, identifying possible options for action and presenting scenarios showing future evolutions, Dr Eszter Kelemen, Dr Yunne-Jai Shin and Professor Dr Josef Settele will, on 14 October 2021, receive the EuroNatur Award on behalf of all the researchers at IPBES. The EuroNatur Award is a non-monetary award. It is awarded in recognition of outstanding achievements in nature conservation that connect people and nature. | Other | Achievement Award | Website | Stop species extinction! EuroNatur Award for World Biodiversity Council Researchers | Stop species extinction! EuroNatur Award for World Biodiversity Council Researchers | https://www.euronatur.org/en/what-we-do/news/stop-species-extinction-euronatur-award-for-world-biodiversity-council-researchers | 2021-11-24 | public | Britt | Curley | IPBES | Assistant Programme Management - Communications | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||||
480 | Wed, 24/08/2022 | Fernando Neda | UNEP-WCMC Guidance on National Ecosystem Assessments Based on IPBES Approach | English (396) | UNEP-WCMC has prduced guideline on how the IPBES approach to assessments can be used at the national level to also encourage the implementation of national ecosystem assessments. | New/changed technique | Website | National Ecosystem Assessments to Support Implementation of Convention on Biological Diversity | National Ecosystem Assessments to Support Implementation of Convention on Biological Diversity | https://www.cbd.int/article/unep-wcmc-nea-implementation | 2021-11-23 | Global | public | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||||
472 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | BNP Paribas LinkedIn Post Quotes IPBES Assessment: 1 Million Animal and Plant Species [are on] the Brink of Extinction, a Sixth Mass Extinction of Wildlife is Underway. | English (396) | BNP Paribas affirms the importance of scaling up action for sustainable finance in order to protect biodiversity, and commits to using the framework provided by the IPBES Global Assessment Report to organize their actions for the protection of biodiversity and analyze the pressure exerted by businesses on biodiversity. | New/changed commitment | Website | Biodiversity: companies need a framework to scale up action | Biodiversity: companies need a framework to scale up action | https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/biodiversity-companies-need-framework-scale-up-action-soleille | 2021-10-14 | Multi-organizational/network | private | Britt | Curley | IPBES | Programme Management Assistant - Communications | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||||
490 | Wed, 14/09/2022 | Anonymous | Ernst & Young, Microsoft and Earth Knowledge Leverage IPBES Global Assessment Findings in New Joint Report on Financial Services for Conservation, Sustainability and Biodiversity | English (396) | Leveraging findings from the IPBES Global Assessment (2019), a new report by EY, Microsoft, and Earth Knowledge warns that the financial industry runs the danger of doing enormous harm to both itself and businesses across the world if it doesn't utilize its "huge influence" to halt behaviors that hurt the environment. The report states that the largest investment banks in the world provided $2.6 trillion in loans and underwriting services related to the destruction of nature in 2019 alone. The analysis, however, claims that there is still hope. It highlights large, unrealized profit prospects for the financial services industry related to biodiversity, sustainability, and conservation. The financial industry may benefit from an estimated $800 billion annual biodiversity funding gap by fostering nature's resilience, productivity, and adaptation. If the world is to reach its climate change, biodiversity, and land degradation commitments, this investment must triple in real terms by 2030 and quadruple by 2050. | New/changed research project | Website | Financial sector has ‘great power’ to stop biodiversity loss and reap the rewards of being ‘nature positive’, report reveals | Financial sector has ‘great power’ to stop biodiversity loss and reap the rewards of being ‘nature positive’, report reveals | https://news.microsoft.com/en-gb/2021/10/13/financial-sector-has-great-power-to-stop-biodiversity-loss-and-reap-the-rewards-of-being-nature-positive-report-reveals/ | 2021-10-13 | Global | private | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | ||||||||||||||
515 | Wed, 05/10/2022 | Fernando Neda | Researcher Uses IPBES Findings in Working Paper on Climate Attribution Science & Endangered Species Act | English (396) | According to the 2019 IPBES Global Assessment, there are presently an estimated one million species that are in danger of going extinct, with climate change playing a significant role in the risk's escalation. Recent studies on the detection and attribution of climate change, which look at how anthropogenic climate change is currently affecting our planet, have shown that habitats and species are already suffering from phenomena like rising land and water temperatures, melting ice and permafrost, sea level rise, more extreme weather events, and other changes in the bioclimatic conditions of particular habitats. Changes in species distribution, phenology, and population dynamics are being driven by these events. New research by Jessica Wentz, a fellow at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School, uses findings from the IPBES Global Assessment in an examination of how the Endangered Species Act (ESA) decision-making process uses research to identify and attribute climate change. Decision-makers can use attribution science to evaluate the extent to which particular species are already in danger due to climate change, identify general trends in how climate change affects species and habitats, and create better management strategies to deal with the risks posed by the phenomenon. |
New/changed research project | Website | Climate Attribution Science and The Endangered Species Act | Climate Attribution Science and The Endangered Species Act | https://climate.law.columbia.edu/content/climate-attribution-science-and-endangered-species-act | 2021-10-08 | National | United States of America | public | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | |||||||||||||
471 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee Session Report Quote IPBES Assessment: One Million Animal and Plant Species are Threatened | English (396) | The UK Government has committed to leaving a lighter footprint on the global environment. Acknowledging that they must do more if it is to turn its nature pledges into a reality, the Government outlines four key areas where efforts need to be stepped up. This report details the four areas and proposes a series of recommendations to help achieve this goal. | New/changed commitment | Print Article | House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee - The UK’s footprint on global biodiversity | House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee - The UK’s footprint on global biodiversity | 2021-09-30 | National | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
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public | Britt | Curley | IPBES | Programme Management Assistant - Communications | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
469 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Editorial Paper References IPBES Assessment About the Dangers of Biodiversity Loos and Calls for Urgent Action to Reduce Emissions | English (396) | The science is unequivocal; a global increase of 1.5°C above the pre-industrial average and the continued loss of biodiversity risk catastrophic harm to health that will be impossible to reverse. Despite the world’s necessary preoccupation with covid-19, we cannot wait for the pandemic to pass to rapidly reduce emissions. Wealthy countries must do more, and global targets are not enough. | New/changed idea | Website | Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health | Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health | https://www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n1734 | 2021-09-06 | public | Britt | Curley | IPBES | Assistant Programme Management - Communications | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||||
468 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | bcurley1012 | Huffington Post Cites IPBES Assessment Findings in Blog Post About the Key Role Members of the UICN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Can Play in Nature Conservation | French (397) | With its 88 member states and governments and 300 million French speakers around the world, the Francophone members of the UICN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) can and should play a key role in nature conservation. The French-speaking community is an opportunity, an essential lever to encourage the mobilization of States, to work together on a convergent program to mobilize field actors, NGOs and civil society. | New/changed idea | Website | The French-speaking world can be a place of new solidarity to protect biodiversity | The French-speaking world can be a place of new solidarity to protect biodiversity | https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/entry/la-francophonie-peut-etre-le-lieu-de-nouvelles-solidarites-pour-proteger-la-biodiversite_fr_612f7e4ce4b04778bfff1989 | 2021-09-02 | National | Algeria, Benin, Canada, Côte d'Ivoire, France, Lebanon, Madagascar, Morocco, Switzerland, Tunisia | Britt | Curley | IPBES | Assistant Programme Management - Communications | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||||
467 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | bcurley1012 | UNEP on Twitter Announces New Webinar on IPBES Assessment Mothodology | English (396) | New webinar on the IPBES assessment methodology and how it can be tailored to support national ecosystem assessments. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | New webinar on the IPBES assessment methodology and how it can be tailored to support national ecosystem assessments. | New webinar on the IPBES assessment methodology and how it can be tailored to support national ecosystem assessments. | https://twitter.com/unepwcmc/status/1430451141637181440?s=20 | 2021-08-25 | Multi-organizational/network | public | Britt | Curley | IPBES | Assistant Programme Management - Communications | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||||
470 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Expectation Document by Norge Bank Quotes IPBES Assessment in Setting Expectations for Companies on How to Manage Environmental Matters | English (396) | The expectation document published by Norge Bank Investment Management serves as a starting point for the bank's interaction with companies on biodiversity and ecosystems. Changes to natural ecosystems and the biodiversity that underpins them, pose business risks to companies in our portfolio. Externalities from unsustainable use of natural ecosystems may also affect other companies and the fund’s long-term return. At the same time, evolving trends may present new business opportunities. Companies highly dependent on or impacting biodiversity and ecosystems should integrate relevant nature-related considerations into their corporate strategy, risk management and reporting. The document quotes IPBES, the number of species threatened by extinction is accelerating and is mainly driven by human activities. Exploitation of organisms, land use change, invasive alien species and environmental pollution are placing severe stress on ecosystems and disrupting habitats. |
New/changed idea | Website | Biodiversity and ecosystems - Expectations of companies | Biodiversity and ecosystems - Expectations of companies | https://www.nbim.no/contentassets/f1fa22a3a6c54ed88cf18607f75953c0/nbim_biodiversity_2021_web.pdf | 2021-08-18 | Cross-regional | private | Britt | Curley | IPBES | Programme Management Assistant - Communications | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||||
466 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | bcurley1012 | Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net) Organizes a Series of Workshops Based on IPBES Assessment in Collaboration with UNESCO and la Asociación de la Juventud Indígena | English (396) | UNESCO, in collaboration with la Asociación de la Juventud Indígena Argentina, Red de Mujeres Rurales de la Fundación Gran Chaco and the Organización indígena M+ranta Kuñaretq (Fuerza de la Mujer) of Argentina, organized a series of dialogue workshops in Argentina based on the IPBES Global Assessment Report. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net) on LinkedIn: UNESCO in collaboration with la Asociación de la Juventud Indígena | Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net) on LinkedIn: UNESCO in collaboration with la Asociación de la Juventud Indígena | https://www.linkedin.com/posts/biodiversity-and-ecosystem-services-network-bes-net-_unesco-in-collaboration-with-la-asociaci%C3%B3n-activity-6831222181414895616-qq_8 | 2021-08-02 | 2021-08-09 | Multi-organizational/network | public | Britt | Curley | IPBES | Assistant Programme Management - Communciations | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
464 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | bcurley1012 | G20 Leaders Note the Contribution of IPBES Pandemics Report in a Preamble Following the G-20 Summit in Italy | In a preamble following the G-20 summit in Italy, G20 leaders state their commitment to addressing global poverty, health, economic and environmental challenges. Leaders note the scientific contribution of the IPBES Pandemics and commit to integrate the 'One Health' approach and other holistic approaches in all relevant policies and decision-making processes, also to address challenges including food security, zoonotic spillover and future pandemics. | New/changed action/initiative | Print Article | G20 Environment Communiqué Final | G20 Environment Communiqué Final | 2021-07-22 | Global | Cross-regional |
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Britt | Curley | IPBES | Assistant Programme Management - Communications | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||||
502 | Thu, 29/09/2022 | rspaull | Aural Artist Aligns Soundscape Film on Silence as Sound of Extinction with IPBES Global Assessment Findings | English (396) | Aural artist, Thomas Hull (aka Missing Wolf) has created a spectral soundscape film to demonstrate how wild habitats are falling silent around the globe as a result of species extinctions - which he direcly correlates to the findings of the IPBES Global Assessment. The film can be viewed at https://youtu.be/NOPkligFrMU | New/changed action/initiative | Website | The Sound of Extinction is Silence | The Sound of Extinction is Silence | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353761910_The_Sound_of_Extinction_is_Silence | 2021-07-21 | Global | public | Robert | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | ||||||||||||||
459 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | bcurley1012 | Two authors of IPBES Global Assessment Draw Lessons About How to Represent Biodiversity in Assessments and How Biodiversity Knowledge Can Inform Effective and Legitimate Actions | English (396) | The research article draws lessons from the IPBES Global Assessment about how to represent and govern biodiversity. The authors argue that while attempts to emulate climate science and governance are understandable, for biodiversity this is not a good idea. A narrow focus on biodiversity as species and biodiversity loss as species extinction may be easy to communicate and attractive for policy makers, NGOs or media to signal the urgency of the biodiversity crisis, but it is seriously limited in its ability to reflect diverse values and worldviews and catalyse the effective action that is needed to ensure the wellbeing of people and nature. | New/changed idea | Website | Biodiversity and species extinction: categorisation, calculation, and communication | Biodiversity and species extinction: categorisation, calculation, and communication | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10383441.2020.1925204 | 2021-07-17 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | public | Britt | Curley | IPBES | Programme Management Assistant - Communications | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
438 | Wed, 24/08/2022 | Anonymous | Colombia Launched its National Biodiversity and Ecosystem Assessment Based on IPBES Methodology | English (396) | After the three-year's of work, Colombia’s National Ecosystem Assessment was launched virtually on 30 June 2021. During the assessment, 105 experts from scientific, traditional and local knowledge backgrounds came together to articulate multiple scenarios for the trajectory of Colombia’s biodiversity and ecosystems until 2050 and its impacts on people's well-being with close reference to the IPBES guide on the production of assessments. During the launch event, the authors and experts called for an urgent need to shift to better environmental management and stronger implementation of environmental legislation to halt the country’s rapid biodiversity loss. See also: http://humboldt.org.co/images/pdf/10721/RTDFinalv290621.pdf | New/changed research project | Website | Colombia’s first National Ecosystem Assessment Sounds the Alarm for Biodiversity Decline | Colombia’s first National Ecosystem Assessment Sounds the Alarm for Biodiversity Decline | https://www.besnet.world/colombia%E2%80%99s-first-national-ecosystem-assessment-sounds-alarm-biodiversity-decline | 2021-06-30 | National | Americas | Colombia |
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public | Yuko | Kurauchi | UNDP | Policy Specialist | IPBES Observer | ||||||||||||
475 | Wed, 24/08/2022 | Anonymous | Colombia’s First National Ecosystem Assessment Published Partly in Support of IPBES | English (396) | With its rich, diverse ecosystems ranging from high mountains to wetlands, forests and coastal marine ecosystems, for Colombians, nature’s contributions take on different forms. Yet, drivers of biodiversity loss such as deforestation, erosion, overgrazing and increasingly severe competition over natural resources threaten Colombia’s environmental sustainability, affecting not only the functionality of these ecosystems but also the relationships among species. Colombia's national ecosystem assessment has been the product of a three-year-long effort to build the country’s capacity in support of IPBES. Assessment authors and experts called for an urgent need to shift to better environmental management and stronger implementation of environmental legislation to halt the country’s rapid biodiversity loss. During the assessment, 105 experts from scientific, traditional and local knowledge backgrounds came together to articulate multiple scenarios for the trajectory of Colombia’s biodiversity and ecosystems until 2050 and its impacts on people's wellbeing. The assessment points to the need for building greater institutional capacity among not just environmental institutions but also other bodies responsible for sustainable development and local governance. In the Colombian context, experts noted that conflicts arising over issues of mining or the agro-industry demand greater attention and awareness. Equipping these actors with skills and training, as well as budgets and accountability for implementation can ensure that policies and programmes are well-coordinated and impactful. |
New/changed research project | Website | Colombia's first national ecosystem assessment | Colombia's first national ecosystem assessment | https://www.besnet.world/colombias-first-national-ecosystem-assessment-sounds-the-alarm-for-biodiversity-decline/ | 2021-06-30 | National | Americas | Colombia |
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public | Mrs. | Alice | Fogliata Cresswell | UNDP | BES-Net Platform Management Officer | Stakeholder | |||||||||||
494 | Tue, 27/09/2022 | Fernando Neda | Colombia Develops National Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services with Guidance from IPBES | Spanish (399) | Providing a first-ever panorama, Colombia developed an assessment of the past, present and future of the country's fauna and flora, as well as its terrestrial and marine ecosystems. The 2,000-page 'National Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services' was launched by the Humboldt Institute with the support of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). The report was prepared by 106 authors, who participated independently as part of the Capacity Building for National Ecosystem Assessments: Linking Science and Policy and Biodiversity, and it also includes contributions from the Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net) initiative. The evaluation gathers strategic data on the status and trends of biological diversity linked to the well-being of Colombians, evidencing trajectories of change and possible futures, which will be valid until 2050. For nearly four years, the researchers dedicated at least 93,000 hours of volunteer work to collect and analyze more than 1,500 sources of secondary scientific information, associated with terrestrial, freshwater, coastal, marine and insular ecosystems. Indigenous, black, Afro-descendant, Palenquero, Raizal, peasant and local peoples and communities from all regions of Colombia were involved in the development of six thematic chapters that review the state of biodiversity in Colombia. |
New/changed research project | Website | Evaluacion nacional de biodiversidad y servicios ecosistemicos de Colombia | Evaluacion nacional de biodiversidad y servicios ecosistemicos de Colombia | http://humboldt.org.co/evaluacion-nacional/index.html | 2021-06-30 | National | Americas | Colombia | public | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] |