Registration of contributions to the work on capacity-building under IPBES: Submission #40

Submission Number: 40
Submission ID: 59688
Submission UUID: 0b014814-8e3a-4dc2-a994-d43a79009a86

Created: Mon, 30/05/2022
Completed: Mon, 30/05/2022
Changed: Mon, 30/05/2022

Remote IP address: 84.64.120.187
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English

Is draft: No
Name of organization University of Stirling
Name of contact person Isabel Jones
Email address [email protected]
Secondary email address
International telephone number +44 7738009612
Address Biological & Environmental Sciences
University of Stirling
Stirling. FK9 4LA
United Kingdom
Country UK
Website https://www.thebeaconproject.net/
Twitter @_Isabel_Jones
Instagram @_runningrivers
Title of contribution "Power Up!": A mobile phone video game about Sustainable Development Goal trade-offs
Type of contribution A game for mobile phones: directly linking people, science-led data collection, and policy-makers
Contributing to other elements of the IPBES work programme Data management and knowledge generation, Indigenous and local knowledge systems, Policy instruments, policy support tools and methodologies, Scenarios and models
Brief description of contribution In the "Power Up!" game, players need to manage competing Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) interests of energy generation, biodiversity conservation, and communities, across different world landscapes. Detailed data on how players make difficult SDG trade-offs are collected, generating a large and open-access dataset (forthcoming). "Power Up!" is free to download and is available in multiple languages, ensuring diverse global voices are mobilised, together building our knowledge and understanding of human decision-making and priorities surrounding SDGs. The "Power Up! game is a cutting-edge research tool that directly links citizens, science-led data collection, and policy-makers.
Other organizations involved in the contribution Hyperluminal Games Ltd. (https://hyperluminalgames.com/)
Link to online contribution that could be shared with the IPBES community Power Up! (Google Play Store):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hyperluminal.stirlinguniversity.sustainabledevelopmentgame

Power Up! (Apple App Store):
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/power-up/id1585634888
Start year Fri, 01/01/2021 - 00:00
End year Wed, 01/01/2025 - 00:00
Estimated monetary value of contribution in USD USD$130,000
Region Global
Countries _nocountry
Which objective(s) and sub-objective(s) does the contribution support Objective 2(a): Enhanced learning and engagement, Objective 2(b): Facilitated access to expertise and information, Objective 2(c): Strengthened national and regional capacities
Objective 2(a): Enhanced learning and engagement Organization of science-policy dialogues with national focal points
Objective 2(b): Facilitated access to expertise and information
Objective 2(c): Strengthened national and regional capacities Encouragement of the development of science-policy platforms, networks and assessments for biodiversity and ecosystem services at the national and (sub)regional levels