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

Name of organization
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Name of organization: University of Stirling

Contact information
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Name of contact person: Isabel Jones
Email address: [email protected]
Secondary email address: {Empty}
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

Contribution
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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

Timeline of contribution
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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

Geographic scope
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Region: Global
Countries:
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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
Sub-objective(s)
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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: {Empty}
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