Impact Tracking Page
Welcome to the IPBES Impact Tracking Database (TRACK).
The purpose of TRACK is to record, document and share examples of the use of IPBES outputs, such as the IPBES assessment reports, in decision-making or in science.
TRACK is not designed to be comprehensive, analytically rigorous or serve a wider monitoring function – it makes no claim to be an exhaustive list of IPBES impacts. It is, instead, an indicative list for the primary purpose of IPBES communications, outreach and public relations. Apart from a basic eligibility screening, the IPBES secretariat does not independently verify the examples listed in TRACK, which are primarily gleaned from third party stakeholders, media reports and similar sources.
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TRACK
| Title | Type(s) of impacts generated | Impact date | Scale of impact | Region of Impact | Country/ies of impact | Website | Relevant IPBES deliverable(s) | Private/Public sector impact? | edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citing Global Assessment Partnership for Biodiversity Accounting Financials (PBAF) Publishes Common Ground Paper on Paving Way to Harmonised Biodiversity Accounting Approach for the Financial Sector | New/changed commitment | 01 Sep 2020 | Global | Cross-regional | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | public | ||
| BCG-NABU Report Cites Global Assessment Making a Case for the Biodiversity Imperative for Business | New/changed research project | 01 Sep 2020 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | public | ||
| Citing IPBES Global Assessment, Subnational and Local Governments in 'Edinburgh Declaration on Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework' Call for Transformative Change | New/changed action/initiative | 31 Aug 2020 | Global | Cross-regional | Estados Unidos de América (los) | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | public | |
| Citing IPBES Global Assessment Report and Its Media Success, Experts Call Upon Biodiversity Scientists to 'Fight Rise of Extinction Denial' | New/changed action/initiative | 18 Aug 2020 | website | Communications, Global assessment (1st work programme) | public | ||||
| IPBES Key Findings Cited in Youth #ForNature Manifesto Addressed to World Leaders | New/changed action/initiative | 13 Aug 2020 | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Communications, Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | public | ||||
| Following IPBES Social Media Post, Lambeth Living Streets Group in South London Examines Policy/Action for 'Urban Forests' | New/changed action/initiative | 10 Aug 2020 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte (el) | website | Communications | public | |
| IPBES Tweet on Miniature Urban Forests Prompts London Civil Society Campaign to Investigate Options | New/changed action/initiative | 08 Aug 2020 | Organizational | Europe and Central Asia | Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte (el) | website | Communications | public | |
| Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) Publishes Report on Keeping Global Assessments Fit for Purpose | New/changed research project | 06 Aug 2020 | Global | website | Catalogue of assessments, Global assessment (1st work programme), Values assessment | public | |||
| McKinsey & Company Publishes 4 Interventions to Reduce the Impact of the Apparel Industry on Biodiversity Citing Global Assessment | New article | 05 Aug 2020 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | private | ||
| French NGO 'Citizens for the Climate' publish IPBES Global Assessment Summary | New/changed action/initiative | 23 Jul 2020 | Multi-organizational/network | Europe and Central Asia | Francia | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Building capacity (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme) | public | |
| IPBES Assessment Reports Cited in WEF "The Future Of Nature And Business" New Nature Economy Report II | New/changed action/initiative | 14 Jul 2020 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Pollination assessment | private | ||
| Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) Issues Report Citing IPBES Global Assessment About Mobilising Dutch Business Towards Net Positive Impact | New/changed research project | 09 Jul 2020 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Países Bajos (los) | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | public | |
| Kering Group Launches Corporate Biodiversity Strategy Extensively Citing IPBES Global Assessment Report | New/changed commitment | 02 Jul 2020 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | website | Communications, Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | private | ||
| IPBES Global Assessment Cited in German Federal Government National Bioeconomy Strategy (July 2020) | New/changed policy | 01 Jul 2020 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Alemania | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | public | |
| Nature Editorial About Validity of Single Numerical Apex Target for Biodiversity Cites Global Assessment and Calls for IPBES to be Mandated to Advise | New article | 30 Jun 2020 | Global | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme) | public | |||
| IPBES Global Assessment Prominently Cited in Lombard Odier Private Bank and WWF Donor's Guide to the Environment | New/changed action/initiative | 25 Jun 2020 | Global | Cross-regional | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | private | ||
| Citing IPBES Global Assesment the G7 G-Science Academies issue Call to Action on Global Insect Declines and Erosion of Ecosystem Services | New/changed action/initiative | 22 Jun 2020 | Global | Cross-regional | Brasil (el) | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | public | |
| Civil Society Organizations Identify IPBES Research in Letter to Consumer Goods Forum About Ending Deforestation in their Member Companies' Supply Chains | New/changed action/initiative | 22 Jun 2020 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Land degradation and restoration assessment, Pollination assessment | public | ||
| ShareAction Biodiversity Report Highlights Findings of IPBES Global Assessment | New/changed research project | 11 Jun 2020 | Multi-organizational/network | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | private | |||
| German Ambassador to UN calls for urgent action for nature, cites Global Assessment during World Environment Day briefing | New/changed action/initiative | 05 Jun 2020 | Alemania | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | public | |||
| Workshop on development of a new national park in the Netherlands used scenario framework building on IPBES approach | New/changed idea | 01 Jun 2020 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Países Bajos (los) | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Catalogue of assessments, Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme), Scenarios and models assessment | public | |
| Article Published on "Building capacity for the science-policy interface on biodiversity and ecosystem services: Activities, fellows, outcomes, and neglected capacity building needs" | New article | 01 Jun 2020 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Communications, Indigenous and local knowledge systems (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme) | public | ||
| HSBC Report on ESG, "Paradise Lost?: Why Investors Must Address the Biodiversity Crisis Next," Incorporates Key Findings from IPBES Global Assessment | New/changed research project | 01 Jun 2020 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | private | ||
| Natural HIstory Museum of Vienna Joins Global Alliance for Biodiversity, Cites IPBES Global Assessment | New/changed network | 26 May 2020 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | Austria | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | private | |
| Perspective paper examines how to improve collaboration between ecosystem service communities and IPBES | New article | 26 May 2020 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Communications | public | ||
| Article from EU Parliament Highlights Global Assessment Finding | New article | 25 May 2020 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | European Union | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | public | |
| South African Institute for International Affairs (SAIIA) Draws on IPBES Global and Regional Assessments in Proposals for Key African Priorities for Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework | New/changed idea | 21 May 2020 | Multi-organizational/network | Africa | website | Africa assessment, Global assessment (1st work programme) | public | ||
| IPBES Global Assessment Cited in EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 | New/changed action/initiative | 20 May 2020 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | public | ||
| Participants draw on IPBES findings in webinar on biodiversity and preventing future pandemics | New/changed action/initiative | 20 May 2020 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | website | Communications | private | ||
| IPBES cited in article on soil invertebrate diversity loss and functional changes in temperate forest soils | New/changed research project | 08 May 2020 | Global | Cross-regional | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | private |