Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
{{Short description|Intergovernmental organization in science and policy}}
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| name = Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
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| type = Independent platform
| abbreviation = IPBES
| leader_title = Chair
| leader_name = {{flagdeco|Kenya}} David Obura
| status = Active
| formation = {{start date |2012|df=yes}}
| headquarters = Bonn, Germany
| website = [https://www.ipbes.net/ www.ipbes.net]
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The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is an intergovernmental organization established to improve communication between science and policy on issues of biodiversity and ecosystem services.{{cite web |url=https://www.ipbes.net |title=IPBES |author= |access-date=28 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627065419/https://www.ipbes.net/ |archive-date=27 June 2019 |url-status=dead }} It serves a similar role to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).{{cite web |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120120010357.htm|title=Biodiversity crisis is worse than climate change, experts say|date=January 20, 2012 |website=ScienceDaily|access-date=September 11, 2019 }}
The IPBES Bureau has agreed, on the basis of a proposal by the secretariat for the purposes of brand unity and brand recognition, to adopt a common pronunciation of the IPBES acronym. In keeping with widespread linguistic convention, the acronym is officially pronounced as “ip-bes” – “ip” as in “hip” and “bes” as in “best”.
{{cite web |url=https://www.ipbes.net/resource-file/6992|title=Communication, stakeholder engagement and strategic partnerships|date=March 7, 2017 |website=ipbes.net|access-date=January 8, 2025}}
Establishment
In 2010 a resolution by the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly urged the United Nations Environment Programme to convene a plenary meeting to establish IPBES.{{Cite journal|last1=Vadrot|first1=Alice B. M.|last2=Rankovic|first2=Aleksandar|last3=Lapeyre|first3=Renaud|last4=Aubert|first4=Pierre-Marie|last5=Laurans|first5=Yann|date=1 March 2018|title=Why are social sciences and humanities needed in the works of IPBES? A systematic review of the literature|journal=Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research |volume=31|issue=Suppl 1|pages=78–100|doi=10.1080/13511610.2018.1443799|issn=1351-1610|pmc=5898424|pmid=29706803}}{{Cite journal|last1=Duraiappah|first1=Anantha Kumar|last2=Rogers|first2=Deborah|date=September 2011|title=The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: opportunities for the social sciences|journal=Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research|language=en|volume=24|issue=3|pages=217–224|doi=10.1080/13511610.2011.592052|s2cid=143298612 |issn=1351-1610}} In 2013 an initial conceptual framework was adopted for the prospective IPBES plenary.
First Global Assessment (2019)
From 29 April to 4 May 2019, representatives of the 132 IPBES members met in Paris, France, to discuss the Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services{{cite web |url=https://ipbes.net/global-assessment |title=Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services |date=2019 |publisher=IPBES |access-date=December 6, 2020 }} and to adopt its summary for policymakers (SPM). On 6 May 2019, the 40-page document was released, aiming to empower policymakers with the knowledge and evidence to make better decisions when developing policies and taking actions for the benefit of humans and nature.{{cite web|title=Media Release: Nature's Dangerous Decline 'Unprecedented'; Species Extinction Rates 'Accelerating'|website=IPBES|date=5 May 2019 |url=https://www.ipbes.net/news/Media-Release-Global-Assessment | access-date=6 May 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ru.nl/english/news-agenda/news/vm/management/2019/nature-decline-unprecedented-human-history-1/|title=Nature's decline 'unprecedented' in human history: 1 million species threatened with extinction|website=Radboud University|access-date=2019-06-28|archive-date=2021-07-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712071159/https://www.ru.nl/english/news-agenda/news/vm/management/2019/nature-decline-unprecedented-human-history-1/|url-status=dead}}
[[File:IPBESCF.svg|thumb|The IPBES Conceptual Framework
• Explanation of arrows (dotted arrows = important, but not the main focus of IPBES):{{cite report |author=IPBES|date=2013|title=Conceptual framework for the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services|publisher=Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services|docket=IPBES-2/4}}
• Arrow 1 = A society's achievement of good quality of life directly influences institutions and governance systems and other indirect drivers
• Arrow 2 = Institutions and governance systems and other indirect drivers are the root causes of the direct anthropogenic drivers that affect nature
• Arrow 3 = Direct drivers of change are the immediate cause of changes in nature
• Arrow 4 = Direct drivers of change affect the supply of nature's contributions to people
• Arrows 5, 6, and 7 = Institutions and governance systems and other indirect drivers affect the interactions and balance between nature and anthropogenic assets
• Arrow 8 = Nature's contributions to people affect how people achieve a good quality of life
• Arrow 9 = Direct drivers of change can have direct impacts on the quality of life
• Arrow 10 = Anthropogenic assets directly affect the possibility of achieving a good quality of life through the provision of and access to food, water, energy and livelihood security; health, social relationships, equity, spirituality, and cultural identity
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2020 report
On October 29, 2020, the organization issued a preliminary report through Zenodo on its workshop, held virtually on 27–31 July 2020,Daszak, Peter; das Neves, C.; Amuasi, J.; Hayman, D.; Kuiken, T.; Roche, B.; Zambrana-Torrelio, C.; Buss, P.; Dundarova, H.; Feferholtz, Y.; Foldvari, G.; Igbinosa, E.; Junglen, S.; Liu, Q.; Suzan, G.; Uhart, M.; Wannous, C.; Woolaston, K.; Mosig Reidl, P.; O'Brien, K.; Pascual, U.; Stoett, P.; Li, H.; Ngo, H. T., [https://zenodo.org/record/4158500 Workshop Report on Biodiversity and Pandemics of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)], Zenodo, October 29, 2020 that proposes a plan for international cooperation to lower risks for pandemics. Lowering the frequency and severity of pandemics through the implementation of worldwide policies is the objective of the organization. An article on the report was published by Medical News Today on November 7, 2020, that explicates information in the report.Huzar, Timothy, [https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/international-report-lays-out-plan-to-escape-from-the-pandemic-era International report lays out plan to 'escape from the pandemic era'], Medical News Today, November 7, 2020
Nature's contributions to people
File:Nature’s contributions to people (NCP).svg
The 5th IPBES Plenary in 2017 noted that the concept of nature's contributions to people would be used in current and future IPBES assessments. The concept of “nature's contributions to people” has since replaced the use of the phrase “nature's benefits to people” that had been used in the conceptual framework as initially adopted in 2013. This change was met with objection from some scientists, who worried that the new term would be confusing and that NCPs were not significantly different from ecosystem services.De Groot, R., Costanza, R., et al. (2018). RE: Ecosystem Services are Nature's Contributions to People, Science, 359(6373), 2018, p. 270-272. e-letters. https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC110922
Cooperation with IPCC
In June 2021, IPBES and IPCC released a co-sponsored workshop report on biodiversity and climate change. The workshop produced a summary report covering outcomes,{{cite report|author=IPBES|year=2021|title=IPBES-IPCC co-sponsored workshop report on biodiversity and climate change; IPBES and IPCC|doi=10.5281/zenodo.4782538}} and a 250-page scientific outcome report.{{cite report |last1=Pörtner|first1=H.O.|last2=Scholes|first2=R.J.|last3=Agard|first3=J.|last4=Archer|first4=E.|last5=Arneth|first5=A.|last6=Bai|first6=X.|last7=Barnes|first7=D.|last8= Burrows|first8=M.|last9=Chan|first9=L.|last10=Cheung|first10=W.L.|last11=Diamond|first11=S.|last12=Donatti|first12=C.|last13=Duarte|first13=C.|last14=Eisenhauer|first14=N.|last15=Foden|first15=W.|last16=Gasalla|first16=M. A.|last17=Handa|first17=C.|last18=Hickler|first18=T.|last19=Hoegh-Guldberg|first19=O.|last20=Ichii|first20=K.|last21=Jacob|first21=U.|last22=Insarov|first22=G.|last23=Kiessling|first23=W.|last24=Leadley|first24=P.|last25=Leemans|first25=R.|last26=Levin|first26=L.|last27=Lim|first27=M.|last28=Maharaj|first28=S.|last29=Managi|first29=S.|last30=Marquet|first30=P. A.|last31=McElwee|first31=P.|last32=Midgley|first32=G.|last33= Oberdorff|first33=T.|last34=Obura|first34=D.|last35=Osman|first35=E.|last36=Pandit|first36=R.|last37=Pascual|first37=U.|last38=Pires|first38=A. P. F.|last39=Popp|first39=A.|last40= ReyesGarcía|first40=V.|last41=Sankaran|first41=M.|last42=Settele|first42=J.|last43=Shin|first43=Y. J.|last44=Sintayehu|first44=D. W.|last45=Smith|first45=P.|last46=Steiner|first46=N.|last47=Strassburg|first47=B.|last48=Sukumar|first48=R.|last49=Trisos|first49=C.|last50=Val|first50=A.L.|last51=Wu|first51=J.|last52=Aldrian|first52=E.|last53=Parmesan|first53=C.|last54=Pichs-Madruga|first54=R.|last55=Roberts|first55=D.C.|last56=Rogers|first56=A.D.|last57=Díaz|first57=S.|last58=Fischer|first58=M.|last59=Hashimoto|first59=S.|last60=Lavorel|first60=S.|last61=Wu|first61=N.|last62=Ngo|first62=H.T|year=2021|title=Scientific outcome of the IPBES-IPCC co-sponsored workshop on biodiversity and climate change|doi=10.5281/zenodo.4659158}}
Major published assessments
- Pollination{{cite web | url=https://www.ipbes.net/assessment-reports/pollinators | title=Assessment Report on Pollinators, Pollination and Food Production | IPBES secretariat }}
- Scenarios and models{{cite web | url=https://www.ipbes.net/assessment-reports/scenarios | title=Scenarios and models assessment | IPBES secretariat }}
- Regional assessmentshttps://www.ipbes.net/regional-assessments
- Land degradation and restoration{{cite web | url=https://www.ipbes.net/assessment-reports/ldr | title=Assessment Report on Land Degradation and Restoration | IPBES secretariat }}
- Values assessment{{cite web | url=https://www.ipbes.net/the-values-assessment | title=Methodological assessment regarding the diverse conceptualization of multiple values of nature and its benefits, including biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services | IPBES secretariat }}
- Sustainable use of wild species{{cite web | url=https://www.ipbes.net/sustainable-use-assessment | title=Assessment report on the sustainable use of wild species | IPBES secretariat }}
- Invasive alien species{{cite web | url=https://www.ipbes.net/ias | title=Thematic Assessment Report on Invasive Alien Species and their Control | IPBES secretariat }}
Upcoming assessments
- Business and biodiversity assessment: A methodological assessment of the impact and dependence of business on biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people{{cite web | url=https://www.ipbes.net/business-impact | title=Business and biodiversity assessment | IPBES secretariat }}
- Monitoring assessment: A methodological assessment on monitoring biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people{{cite web | url=https://www.ipbes.net/monitoring-assessment | title=Monitoring assessment | IPBES secretariat }}
- Second global assessment: The second global assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services{{cite web | url=https://www.ipbes.net/second-global-assessment | title=Second global assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services | IPBES secretariat }}
IPBES 11 (2024)
=Nexus Assessment=
The Nexus Assessment is a landmark new report by IPBES that came out on 17 December 2024. It looks at how biodiversity, water, food and health are all connected, and it's the most ambitious scientific assessment of these links ever done. It also looks at more than five dozen different ways to deal with the problem, to make the most of the benefits across the five 'nexus elements': biodiversity, water, food, health and climate change.{{cite web | url=https://www.ipbes.net/nexus/media-release | title=Media Release: IPBES Nexus Assessment | work=IPBES secretariat | date=16 December 2024 }}
=Transformative Change Assessment=
The IPBES Assessment Report on the Underlying Causes of Biodiversity Loss and the Determinants of Transformative Change and Options for Achieving the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity – also known as the Transformative Change Assessment – came out on 18 December 2024. It builds on the 2019 IPBES Global Assessment Report, which found that the only way to achieve global development goals is through transformative change.https://www.ipbes.net/transformative-change/media-release
Awards
=Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity (2022)=
{{main|Gulbenkian Prize}}
In October 2022, the IPBES and the IPCC shared the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity, because the two intergovernmental organisations "produce scientific knowledge, alert society, and inform decision-makers to make better choices for combatting climate change and the loss of biodiversity".
|url = https://gulbenkian.pt/en/news/2022-gulbenkian-prize-for-humanity-distinguishes-ipbes-and-ipcc/
|title = 2022 Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity distinguishes IPBES and IPCC
|date = 13 October 2022
|access-date = 13 October 2022
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=Blue Planet Prize (2024)=
{{main|Blue Planet Prize}}
The Blue Planet Prize is awarded annually to individuals and organisations that have demonstrated exceptional accomplishments in scientific research and its practical applications. These achievements have contributed to the identification of solutions to pressing global environmental challenges.
The 2024 laureates include the IPBES, recognised as "the leading global authority on the state of knowledge and science about biodiversity, ecosystem services and nature's contributions to people".
|url = https://www.af-info.or.jp/en/blueplanet/introduction.html#text-02
|title = 2024 (33rd) Blue Planet Prize Laureates
|date = 13 March 2024|access-date = 9 January 2025}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20190627065419/https://www.ipbes.net/ ipbes.net]
- [http://ipbes.net/sites/default/files/2020-02/ipbes_global_assessment_report_summary_for_policymakers_en.pdf Summary for Policymakers, of the Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services]
- [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3831673 IPBES. (2019). Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. (E. S. Brondizio, J. Settele, S. Díaz, & H. T. Ngo, Eds.). IPBES Secretariat.]
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