Description of Impact(s) (English Only) Following an IPBES social media post about the 'Miyawaki method' of creating pocket forests in urban spaces, the Tiny House Bristol group announced that they were looking into implementing the option for policy/action in Bristol.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has published a report which takes up five IPBES assessment reports and integrates key findings and implications for a Swedish context into this synthesis report.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) With prominent attention paid to the IPBES Global Assessment Report, The Nature Conservancy launched a timely report on 'Closing the Nature Funding Gap: A Finance Plan for the Planet'.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) The Dutch Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) published a synthesis report of global environmental assessments. While the report does mention all IPBES assessment reports, only the IPBES Global Assessment is covered within the scope of this report.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) Featuring the IPBES Global Assessment 1 million species finding as the documentary's tagline, as well as numerous IPBES experts' involvement in the documentary, 'Extinction: The Facts' was heavily influenced by IPBES evidence.

"With a million species at risk of extinction, David Attenborough explores how this crisis of biodiversity has consequences for us all, including putting us at greater risk of pandemic diseases."

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) The French Council of Economic Analysis, in its report titled "Biodiversity in Danger: What Can Economics Do?", has included key findings from the IPBES Global Assessment in its analysis and providing seven recommendations for economic policy options for the Government of France.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) The Greens/European Free Alliance group in the European Parliament, citing the IPBES Global Assessment, have called for 'radical transformation' of agricultural systems, particularly with regards to the EU Common Agricultural Policy.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) Inspired by the IPBES Assessment Report on Pollinators, Pollination and Food Production, the USAID Office of Forestry and Biodiversity has published a report on "The Importance of Wild Pollinators for Food Security and Nutrition", which focuses particularly on "the contributions of wild pollinators to each of the three 2016 United States Government Global Food Security Strategy objectives."

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) New York City Extinction Rebellion organizers took to Central Park for a demonstration, with protest placards reading, among other things, '1,000,000 million species at risk of Extinction'.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) Inspired by the IPBES Global Assessment finding that one million species are at risk of extinction, an artist has launched a social media challenge for artists to raise awareness about biodiversity loss by posting artwork that features threatened plant species, animal species, and/or endangered habitats.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) In a media release citing the IPBES Global Assessment key finding that 1 million species risk extinction, the, Endangered Species Act Caucus Co-Chairs announced they were leading more than 100 Members of Congress in opposing the Trump Administration's proposal to weaken the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) Citing one of the IPBES Global Assessment key findings, The Ministry of Mumbai's Magic, a civil society organization in Mumbai, has launched a 'Biodiversity by The Bay Campaign', which aims to create a movement of Mumbaikars to "lead an inclusive and an active climate debate, to safeguard the biodiversity and green cover in the city."

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) Writing for l'express in Mauritius, Dr. Pricilla Iranah, an IPBES Fellow, published an opinion editorial on "Ecosystem service valuation versus using IPBES 's NCP framework for maximizing post-spill recovery and use of compensation."

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) Citing the "shocking" findings of the IPBES Global Assessment Report, the CEO of ASN Bank introduces the first report of the the Biodiversity Accounting Financials (PBAF) global alliance, a "Common Ground Paper on Paving Way to Harmonised Biodiversity Accounting Approach for the Financial Sector".

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) A joint project between the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Germany’s Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU, the Partner of BirdLife International in Germany), this report aims to highlight the importance of biodiversity as the indispensable foundation of the global economy and human well-being, and invites businesses, politicians, and society to add their contributions. The report cites multiple findings from the IPBES Global Assessment and calls for all stakeholders to join forces in the common interest of preserving biodiversity.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) Citing the IPBES Global Assessment in numerous places, a grouping of subnational and local governments in the 'Edinburgh Declaration on Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework' call for, among other things, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity to "bring about transformative change, as outlined in the IPBES Global Assessment Report, in order to halt biodiversity loss."

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) In a Nature commentary, four experts have called for 'biodiversity scientists to fight the creeping rise of extinction denial,' with particular emphasis given to the reception of the IPBES Global Assessment and the new levels of extinction denial theretofore unseen.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) In a Youth #ForNature Manifesto addressed to world leaders and calling for, among other things, 'putting nature at the heart of decision-making', featured multiple key findings from the IPBES Global Assessment Report.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) Following an IPBES social media post about the 'Miyawaki method' of creating pocket forests in urban spaces, the Lambeth Living Streets group in South London announced that they were looking into implementing the option for policy/action in Lambeth.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) An IPBES Twitter post sharing a WEF video about "Miyawaki" miniature urban forests prompted the Lovely Lambeth Living Streets campaign to ask it's >2,000 followers where they would want such mini-forests to be placed.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) published a report on Keeping Global Environmental Assessments Fit for Purpose, using a number of IPBES outputs (and those of others like the IPCC) to assess and evaluate opportunities to improve these processes.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) Global management consulting firm, McKinsey and Company prominently cite the IPBES Global Assessment in an article detailing specific changes that the apparel industry can make to reduce its negative impacts on biodiversity

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) The French civil society organization, 'Citoyens pour le Climat' has produced a summary of the IPBES Global Assessment Summary for Policymakers in French as a communication tool in order to increase the uptake of the Global Assessment Report and communicate the importance of biodiversity.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) The World Economic Forum's New Nature Economy series of reports' second edition, "The Future Of Nature
And Business", featured multiple references to IPBES evidence. Namely, the IPBES Global Assessment Report and Assessment Report on Pollinators, Pollination and Food Production were cited in the WEF Report.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) has issued a policy brief/report extensively citing the IPBES Global Assessment and focused on mobilising Dutch business towards Net Positive Impact on Nature

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) Kering, the global luxury clothing group, launched its corporate biodiversity strategy, detailing specific actions and phases of activity to reduce the impact of it's operations on nature - using the findings of the IPBES Global Assessment to explain the context of these commitments.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) The German Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung [Federal Ministry of Education and Research] (BMBF), in its updated National Bioeconomy Strategy (July 2020), cited the IPBES Global Assessment.

Note bene: 'World Biodiversity Council' is used to refer to IPBES.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) The journal Nature published an editorial about recent academic calls for a single numerical apex target for global biodiversity action, citing the findings of the IPBES Global Assessment and arguing that IPBES - working with the CBD's scientific advisors - should be called on to advise. The editorial states that governments should make a formal request for such advice to the CBD without delay.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) Swiss Private Bank Lombard Odier and WWF launched a donor's guide that prominently cites the Global Assessment in making the case for philanthropic donoations and specific donation opportunties around the world.

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) 14 National science academies from the G7 issued a call to action and recommendation to all their academies about ways to address global insect declines and the erosion of vital ecosystem services - prominently citing the IPBES Global Assessment Report.