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.
Should you wish to contribute an example of IPBES impact, please go to the TRACK submission portal: https://ipbes.net/impact-tracking . If you wish to alert the secretariat to any inaccuracy or anything objectionable in TRACK, please do so by emailing this information. Click to email us
TRACK
Title | Type(s) of impacts generated Sort descending | Impact date | Scale of impact | Region of Impact | Country/ies of impact | Website | Relevant IPBES deliverable(s) | edit |
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UN Secretary General, French and Chinese Foreign Ministers Highlight IPBES Global Assessment at G20 Summit in Osaka | New/changed commitment | 01 Jun 2019 | Global | China, France | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | ||
G20 Recognizes Biodiversity Loss Alongside Climate Change as Urgent Global Challenge in Osaka 28-29 June 2019 Declaration | New/changed commitment | 01 Jun 2019 | Global | Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Türkiye, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | ||
Following Global Assessment Briefing French President Macron Announced New Action to Protect Biodiversity | New/changed commitment | 01 May 2019 | National | France | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | ||
Parliament of Myanmar Votes to Join IPBES Following Launch of Global Assessment | New/changed commitment | 01 May 2019 | National | Asia-Pacific | Myanmar | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
G7 Environment Ministers Issue Metz Biodiversity Charter, Welcoming the IPBES #GlobalAssessment | New/changed commitment | Global | Canada, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |||
In light of Global Assessment, EU Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Announces 2020 #EuGreenWeek Will Be 'All About Biodiversity' | New/changed commitment | 01 May 2019 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | European Union | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
Inspired by IPBES Pollination and Land Degradation Assessments, Nigeria joins international alliance to protect pollinators | New/changed commitment | 01 Jul 2019 | National | Africa | Nigeria | website | Pollination assessment | |
Inspired by the Global Assessment, South Hams District Council in England commits to launching an assessment that will look at biodiversity-related concerns | New/changed commitment | 01 Aug 2019 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
French President Emmanuel Macron undertakes to pursue US agreement to the Metz Biodiversity Charter during G7 Leaders' Summit in Biarritz | New/changed commitment | 01 Aug 2019 | Global | Cross-regional | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | ||
World Future Society responds to Global Assessment with commitments to take action in pursuit of a sustainable future | New/changed commitment | 01 May 2019 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | ||
President al-Sisi announces that Egypt will sign the Metz Charter on Biodiversity | New/changed commitment | 01 Aug 2019 | National | Africa | Egypt | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
During 2019 G7 Leaders' Summit, all G7 States, as well as Australia, Chile, India and South Africa, announced that they will sign the Metz Charter on Biodiversity informed by the Global Assessment | New/changed commitment | 01 Aug 2019 | Global | Cross-regional | Australia, Canada, Chile, European Union, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, South Africa, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
Global Assessment's Call for Transformative Change Inspires Public Interest Law Firm, Earthjustice | New/changed commitment | 01 Oct 2019 | National | Americas | United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
Government of Ireland lauches Biodiversity Climate Change Sectoral Adaptation Plan citing IPBES Global Assessment | New/changed commitment | 01 Nov 2019 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Ireland | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
President Xi and President Macron Welcome IPBES Global Assessment and Issue 'Beijing Call for Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Change' | New/changed commitment | 01 Nov 2019 | Global | China, France | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | ||
IPBES Global Assessment & 'Catastrophic Situation' Spark Members of European Parliament to Agree on Urgent Need for EU to 'Set an Example for the Future' at CBD COP15 | New/changed commitment | 01 Nov 2019 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | Czechia, Finland, France, Spain | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
The Council of the European Union, Citing IPBES Global Assessment Finding as Key Impetus, Commits to Political Leadership in Convention on Biological Diversity Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework | New/changed commitment | 01 Dec 2019 | Global | Europe and Central Asia | European Union | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
130 Nations Pledge to Protect Biodiversity in Gandhinagar Declaration, Citing IPBES Global Assessment | New/changed commitment | 22 Feb 2020 | Global | Cross-regional | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | ||
IPBES Global Assessment cited in Scottish Environmental Strategy | New/changed commitment | 25 Feb 2020 | National | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Global assessment (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
Convention on Migratory Species Reaffirms Importance of Strengthening Cooperation with IPBES | New/changed commitment | 22 Feb 2020 | Global | Cross-regional | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | ||
Global Assessment Noted in the UNCCD New Delhi Declaration | New/changed commitment | 10 Sep 2019 | Global | Cross-regional | website | Communications, Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | ||
In reaction to the IPBES Global Assessment, French President Makes Commitments to Protect Biodiversity in French Territories | New/changed commitment | 23 Oct 2019 | National | Cross-regional | France | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
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) | ||
Dutch Multinational Royal DSM N.V. Refers to Global Assessment Findings in 2020 Integrated Annual Report | New/changed commitment | 02 Mar 2021 | Organizational | Cross-regional | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | ||
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) | ||
Con Huesca Podemos Equo group in Huesca, Spain uses IPBES Evidence to Urge City Council to make a Bee Friendly City | New/changed commitment | 12 Mar 2021 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | Spain | website | Pollination assessment | |
MSIG Asia Increases Efforts on Corporate Sustainability citing IPBES Global Assessment | New/changed commitment | 13 Apr 2021 | Organizational | Asia-Pacific | China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
Walmart Quotes IPBES Pollination Assessment - Committing to Promote U.S. Pollinator Health | New/changed commitment | 13 Apr 2021 | National | Americas | United States of America | website | Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme), Pollination assessment | |
BES-Net at UNCCD COP 15 Reaffirms UNDP's Commitment to the Findings of IPBES's Assessment Report on Land Degradation and Restoration | New/changed commitment | 09 May 2022 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | Cameroon, Kazakhstan, Malawi | website | Land degradation and restoration assessment, Nature’s Contributions to People (NCP) | |
Prince Albert II of Monaco Points to IPBES Messages on Climate and Biodiversity Science in UN General Assembly General Debate | New/changed commitment | 22 Sep 2022 | National | Monaco | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), IPBES-IPCC co-sponsored workshop on biodiversity and climate change |