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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Dutch Asset Management Firm Robeco Launches Positioning Paper on Biodiversity Protection Through Investment Citing IPBES Global Assessment Evidence | New/changed commitment | 31 Jan 2022 | Organizational | Cross-regional | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | ||
US State Department Says IPBES Values Assessment will Advance US Efforts for Greater Inclusion of Diverse Voices in Decision-Making | New/changed commitment | 11 Jul 2022 | National | United States of America | website | Values assessment | ||
G7 Ministers Champion IPBES Work and Announce Workshop on Key Findings from the Invasive Alien Species Report | New/changed commitment | 16 Apr 2023 | Global | Canada, European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America | website | Invasive alien species assessment, Global assessment (1st work programme), Conceptual framework | ||
Motivated by IPBES Global Assessment, Secretary-General of China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF) Signs the Petition for Global Deal for Nature | New/changed commitment | 07 May 2019 | National | Asia-Pacific | China | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
10 Finnish Companies Pilot Science Based Targets Network's (SBTN) Guidelines for Nature Targets Based on IPBES Global Assessment and Scenarios and Models Report | New/changed commitment | 04 Apr 2022 | Multi-organizational/network | Europe and Central Asia | Finland | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Scenarios and models assessment | |
Directly Citing IPBES Report on Invasive Alien Species, Australian Commits $2.2m to Reduce Threat of Buffel Grass | New/changed commitment | 14 Sep 2023 | National | Asia-Pacific | Australia | website | Invasive alien species assessment | |
IPBES Science at Heart of Guardian Newspaper's Initiative to Include Biodiversity Amongst its Editorial Priorities | New/changed commitment | 29 Nov 2023 | National | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | website | Invasive alien species assessment, Global assessment (1st work programme), Stakeholder engagement, Communications | |
Asset Management Company Mirova's Social Impact Strategy Influenced by IPBES Science | New/changed commitment | 07 Dec 2023 | Global | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), IPBES-IPCC co-sponsored workshop on biodiversity and climate change | |||
Proposal to establish a virtual collaboration platform for inter- and trans-disciplinary research in support of international environmental policy | New/changed idea | 01 May 2018 | Global | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |||
The President of Palau makes an appeal for international, intergovernmental efforts to combat biodiversity loss | New/changed idea | 01 May 2019 | Global | Asia-Pacific | Palau | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
Following the Global Assessment, UN Experts Warn that Biodiversity Loss Seriously Threatens Human Rights | New/changed idea | 01 Jun 2019 | Global | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |||
Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity Co-Chairs' Report Reflects Urgency After Global Assessment | New/changed idea | 01 Jul 2019 | Global | website | Communications, Global assessment (1st work programme) | |||
Baroness Parminter of the UK cites IPBES Global Assessment calling for urgent introduction of a strong Environment Bill | New/changed idea | 01 Jul 2019 | National | 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) | |
Mary Robinson, Chair of the Elders uses Global Assessment to mobilize support during High-level Political Forum (HLPF) speech | New/changed idea | 01 Jul 2019 | Global | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |||
Law Professor, inspired by IPBES Land Degradation and Restoration Assessment, proposes legally binding international instrument for soils and land management | New/changed idea | 01 Aug 2019 | Global | Cross-regional | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Land degradation and restoration assessment, Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | ||
US Presidential Candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination, Joe Sestek, cites IPBES in statement opposing changes to the Endangered Species Act | New/changed idea | 01 Aug 2019 | National | Americas | United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
US Presidential Candidate Julián Castro cites IPBES in statement opposing changes to the Endangered Species Act | New/changed idea | 01 Aug 2019 | National | Americas | United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
US Senator Dianne Feinstein cites IPBES in statement opposing changes to the Endangered Species Act | New/changed idea | 01 Aug 2019 | National | Americas | United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
Former US Presidential Candidate Jill Stein cites IPBES in statement opposing changes to the Endangered Species Act | New/changed idea | 01 Aug 2019 | National | Americas | United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
During the third session of Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Conference, the High Seas Alliance referred to the IPBES Global Assessment as proof that the BBNJ Treaty is urgently needed | New/changed idea | 01 Aug 2019 | Global | Cross-regional | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | ||
US Presidential Candidate Julián Castro cites IPBES Global Assessment in campaign plan to protect animals and wildlife | New/changed idea | 01 Aug 2019 | National | Americas | United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
ONU Info, the French-language version of UN News, references IPBES in providing the official UN response to the devastating forests in the Amazon rainforest | New/changed idea | 01 Aug 2019 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | ||
IPBES Global Assessment Inspires Canadian Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna to Call for a “Paris Agreement moment for nature” | New/changed idea | 01 May 2019 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
Convention on Biological Diversity Acting Executive Secretary, Urges Bold Targets, Sustainable Use, and Mainstreaming of Biodiversity in Light of Stark IPBES Global Assessment Findings | New/changed idea | 01 Dec 2019 | Multi-organizational/network | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |||
Environmental Researchers Draw on IPBES Conceptual Framework in Recommendation on How Brazilian Academy Can Better Incorporate ILK | New/changed idea | 25 Sep 2019 | National | Americas | Brazil | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Indigenous and local knowledge systems (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
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 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 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 | |
Call for Global Science-Policy Body on Chemicals and Waste References Influence and Success of IPBES | New/changed idea | 19 Feb 2021 | Global | website | Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |||
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) | ||
Fiji Director for Environment Cites IPBES Report Findings at Awareness Workshop on the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework | New/changed idea | 13 Apr 2021 | National | Asia-Pacific | Fiji | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
Pagan Community Newsletter Quotes IPBES in Making the Case that Biodiversity Should be Addressed as Part of Climate Change. | New/changed idea | 12 Apr 2021 | Multi-organizational/network | website | Communications |