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

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Title Type(s) of impacts generated Impact date Scale of impact Region of Impact Country/ies of impact Website Relevant IPBES deliverable(s) edit
Citing IPBES Global Assessment, Two Oceans Aquarium in South Africa Announces Membership to "United for Biodiversity" Coalition New/changed network 02 Feb 2021 Multi-organizational/network Africa South Africa website Communications, Global assessment (1st work programme)
Citing IPBES Pandemics Report, WWF Germany Calls on EU to "take a pioneering role in ecological pandemic preparedness" New/changed action/initiative 29 Oct 2020 Regional Europe and Central Asia European Union website Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme)
Citing IPBES Reports, 200 Health Journals Urge WHO to Declare Nature Crisis as Health Emergency New/changed action/initiative 04 Nov 2023 Global website Sustainable use assessment, IPBES-IPCC co-sponsored workshop on biodiversity and climate change
Citing IPBES, Alliance of 4 Major German Organizations Calls on German Chancellor to Make Fight Against Species Extinction Top Priority New/changed action/initiative 01 Jul 2019 National Europe and Central Asia Germany website Global assessment (1st work programme)
Citing Multiple IPBES Outputs, the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC) Publishes Paper on 'transformative change and post-COVID-19 priorities' New/changed action/initiative Regional Europe and Central Asia European Union website Building capacity (1st work programme), Europe and Central Asia assessment, Global assessment (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme)
Citing the IPBES Global Assessment, Microsoft announces that it will provide the University of Western Australia with a grant to help protect threatened species New/changed investment 01 Aug 2019 Organizational Cross-regional Australia website Global assessment (1st work programme)
Citoyens Pour le Climat (Citizens for Climate) Produced a Short Synthesis in French of the Global Assessment to Spread the Key Messages Other Organizational Europe and Central Asia France website Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme)
City Council of Cambridge, England Declares Biodiversity Emergency, Noting IPBES Global Assessment, Pledges Net Gains for Biodiversity New/changed law/regulation 01 May 2019 City/Community Europe and Central Asia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland website Global assessment (1st work programme)
City Council of Colmenar Viejo Highlights Global Assessment in Declaration of Climate Emergency New/changed law/regulation 27 Sep 2019 City/Community Europe and Central Asia Spain website Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme)
City Council of Pollença, Mallorca Recognizes IPBES Global Assessment Findings, and At 'Point of No Return', Declares Climate Emergency New/changed action/initiative 01 Oct 2019 City/Community Spain website Global assessment (1st work programme)
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
Coalition of 90 Associations Cites IPBES Pollination Assessment, Launches Signature Collection to Ban Pesticides and Transform Agriculture New/changed action/initiative 26 Nov 2019 Multi-organizational/network Europe and Central Asia Italy website Pollination assessment
Coalition of the Willing on Pollinators grows again - EU and 3 new countries join at CBD COP14 New/changed network 01 Nov 2018 National Europe and Central Asia Belarus, Estonia, Norway website Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme), Pollination assessment
Colombia begins national biodiversity assessment based on IPBES methodology New/changed research project 01 Oct 2018 National Americas Colombia website Guide for assessments, Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme)
Colombia developing national pollinators strategy New/changed policy National Americas Colombia website Indigenous and local knowledge systems (1st work programme), Pollination assessment
Colombia Launched its National Biodiversity and Ecosystem Assessment Based on IPBES Methodology New/changed research project 30 Jun 2021 National Americas Colombia website Guide for assessments, Knowledge and data (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
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)
Convention on Biological Diversity SBSTTA23 Highlights IPBES Global Assessment as Science Base for Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework New/changed action/initiative 01 Dec 2019 Global website Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme)
Convention on Biological Diversity Special Session Held to Discuss Evidence from IPBES Products, Among Others New/changed action/initiative 15 Dec 2020 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional website Global assessment (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)
COP Parties request the CBD Exec. Sec. to communicate with IPBES Exec. Sec. to facilitate dissemination of the outcomes of the assessment of the sustainable use of wild species New/changed commitment 01 Nov 2018 Global website Building capacity (1st work programme), Communications, Sustainable use assessment
COP15 Immersive Video Installation by Campaign for Nature & National Geographic Draws on IPBES Findings New/changed action/initiative 07 Dec 2022 Global Americas Canada website Global assessment (1st work programme), Stakeholder engagement
COP15 March for Biodiversity and Human Rights Organized by Quebec Civil Society Collective Highlighting IPBES Evidence New/changed action/initiative 10 Dec 2022 Multi-organizational/network Americas Canada website Global assessment (1st work programme), Stakeholder engagement
Costa Rica's Minister Environment and Energy and the Former Costa Rican Ambassador to Japan and the WTO Jointly Pen Article Calling for Robust Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework, Cite Global Assessment New article 01 Nov 2019 Global website Global assessment (1st work programme)
Costan Rican Minister of Environment and Former Ambassador Call for Increased Focus and Action on Biodiversity, Cite Global Assessment New/changed action/initiative 07 Nov 2019 Multi-organizational/network Cross-regional Costa Rica website Global assessment (1st work programme)
Côte d'Ivoire crafts road map on using IPBES Assessment at national and local level New/changed commitment 01 Apr 2018 National Africa Côte d'Ivoire website Africa assessment, Building capacity (1st work programme)
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Publishes Special Journal Issue Focused on IPBES Values Assessment New article 19 Sep 2023 Global website Values assessment
Dialogue inspired by IPBES Pollination Assessment across indigenous, local and scientific knowledge systems New/changed action/initiative 01 Jan 2019 Global Thailand website Building capacity (1st work programme), Indigenous and local knowledge systems (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Pollination 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