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 Sort descending | Type(s) of impacts generated | Impact date | Scale of impact | Region of Impact | Country/ies of impact | Website | Relevant IPBES deliverable(s) | edit |
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European Commission Releases 'European Green Deal,' Citing IPBES Science | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Dec 2019 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | European Union | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
European Economic and Social Committee Cites IPBES Global Assessment in Opinion on EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy and Calls for Higher Ambition | New/changed action/initiative | 09 Oct 2020 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | European Union | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |
European Parliament Adopts 'New Deal For Pollinators' Partly in Consideration of IPBES Pollination Assessment Findings | New/changed law/regulation | 23 Nov 2023 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | European Union | website | Pollination assessment | |
European Parliament Adopts Resolution Setting EU Strategic Objectives for CITES COP 19 Drawing Extensively on IPBES Findings | New/changed policy | 14 Oct 2022 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Biodiversity and pandemics workshop | ||
European Parliament, Citing IPBES Pollination Assessment Report, Urges European Commission to Implement Range of Pollinator-friendly Policies | New/changed policy | 01 Dec 2019 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | European Union | website | Pollination assessment | |
European Union Aligns EU Biodiversity Barometer Launch with IPBES Global Assessment | New/changed research project | 01 May 2019 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | European Union | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
European Union Staffers' Launch Biodiversity and Climate Petition Citing IPBES Calling for EU Declaration of Planetary Emergency | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Jun 2019 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | ||
Evaluation of SDG Progress in IPBES Global Assessment used in new article on "SDG-Based Sustainability Assessment Methodology for Innovations in the Field of Urban Surfaces" | New article | Global | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme) | ||||
Extinction Rebellion Cites IPBES Global Assessment in Event Description of Funeral March Protest | New/changed action/initiative | 28 Sep 2019 | Organizational | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | website | Communications, Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
Extinction Rebellion Uses IPBES Findings in 'Cover the Capital' Subvertising Action in London - 10,000 Adverts | New/changed action/initiative | 29 Oct 2022 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | |
Fidelity Investments Inc. Includes IPBES Global Assessment Key Findings in List of Top Three ESG Themes for 2021 | New/changed action/initiative | 10 Dec 2020 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | United States of America | website | Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (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) | |
Finnish Environment Minister Mikkonen, Citing IPBES Pandemics Report Calls for Tackling 'Over-consumption in order to curb pandemics, natural disasters and the climate crisis' | New/changed action/initiative | 29 Oct 2020 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Finland | website | Policy support tools and methodologies (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) | ||
Following Global Assessment, Irish Wildlife Groups Call for an Independent National Parks and Wildlife Service | New/changed action/initiative | Europe and Central Asia | Ireland | website | Communications, Global assessment (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | |||
Following IPBES Social Media Post, Tiny House Bristol Group Examines Policy/Action for 'Urban Forests' | New/changed action/initiative | 16 Sep 2020 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | website | Communications | |
Following Release of IPBES Pandemics Report, Global Biodiversity Information Facility Announces Task Group to Enhance Research of Species Linked to Human Diseases | New/changed network | 02 Nov 2020 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | website | Knowledge and data (1st work programme) | ||
Following the Global Assessment, the Bristol Museum shrouded its endangered wildlife exhibits in a mourning veil to raise awareness of species at risk of extinction | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Aug 2019 | Organizational | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 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) | |||
Former French Minister Discusses IPBES Reports in Podcast Interview About Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss | New/changed action/initiative | 09 Oct 2019 | National | Europe and Central Asia | France | 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) | |
Former US Secretary of State Draws on IPBES Global Assessment in Appeal to World Leaders to Protect Biodiversity | New article | 18 Feb 2020 | Organizational | Cross-regional | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) | ||
Forthcoming documentary film to feature Global Assessment | Other | 01 Jul 2019 | Individual | website | Communications, Global assessment (1st work programme) | |||
France Télévisions Journalists Trained by IPBES Experts on Biodiversity Issues | New/changed action/initiative | 11 May 2023 | Organizational | Europe and Central Asia | France | website | Biodiversity and climate change, Stakeholder engagement, Communications | |
France: EFESE the French platform for the evaluation of ecosystems and ecosystem services | New/changed network | 01 Jan 2012 | National | France | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme), Scenarios and models assessment, Values assessment | ||
France: Regional initiative, based on IPBES, launched in New Aquitaine to create a pool of lead scientists to work on biodiversity | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Jan 2017 | State/Provincial | France | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Knowledge and data (1st work programme), Policy support tools and methodologies (1st work programme) | ||
Francophone Africa Regional Trialogue Background Document Based on the IPBES Assessment Findings | New/changed idea | 05 Apr 2022 | Regional | Africa | Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Togo | website | Africa assessment, Global assessment (1st work programme), Land degradation and restoration assessment, Pollination assessment | |
French Bee-Repopulation Honey Startup Draws Upon IPBES Pollinators Assessment for Private Venture | New/changed investment | 01 Sep 2018 | National | Europe and Central Asia | France | website | Building capacity (1st work programme), Pollination assessment, Values assessment | |
French CEOs sign Act4Nature corporate pledge partly based on results of IPBES Assessment Reports | New/changed commitment | 01 Jul 2018 | National | Europe and Central Asia | France | website | Europe and Central Asia assessment, Land degradation and restoration assessment, Regional assessments | |
French community cites Global Assessment in decision to appeal court decision allowing the extraction of shellfish sand in Lannion Bay | New/changed action/initiative | 01 Jul 2019 | City/Community | Europe and Central Asia | France | website | Global assessment (1st work programme) |