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379 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | Our Fish Campaign to End Overfishing Cites IPBES Global Assessment in its Call from 300+ Scientists | English (396) | In a call from more than 300 scientists to the European Commission to end overfishing, the Our Fish group cited the IPBES Global Assessment as their first reason why they were calling on "the European Commission, European Parliament and EU member states to recognise that ecosystem-based fisheries management is critical to the health of the ocean and its capacity to respond to climate change and that fishing limits must be set accordingly." | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Our Fish - The Statement: Ending Overfishing Is Climate Action | Our Fish - The Statement: Ending Overfishing Is Climate Action | https://our.fish/news/ending-overfishing-is-climate-action-scientist-statement-of-support/ | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | European Union | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
380 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | Dutch Environmental Assessment Agency Synthesis Report Takes Up IPBES Global Assessment Findings, with Implications for a Dutch Context | English (396) | 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. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | PBL Report | PBL Report | https://www.pbl.nl/en/publications/lessons-from-global-environmental-assessments-0 | 2020-09-14 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
381 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | Citing IPBES Global Assessment, the Greens/European Free Alliance group in the European Parliament calls for 'Radical Transformation' of Agricultural Systems | English (396) | 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. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Greens/EFA Article | Greens/EFA Article | https://www.greens-efa.eu/en/article/news/radical-transformation-of-our-agricultural-system-needed-not-gmos/ | 2020-09-09 | Regional | Europe and Central Asia | European Union | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
382 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | Inspired by IPBES Pollination Assessment, USAID Office of Forestry and Biodiversity Publishes "The Importance of Wild Pollinators for Food Security and Nutrition" | English (396) | 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." | New/changed action/initiative | Website | US AID Report | US AID Report | https://biodiversitylinks.org/projects/completed-projects/bridge/resources/wild-pollinators-food-security-and-nutrition.pdf/view | 2020-09-09 | National | Americas | United States of America | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
384 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | IPBES Global Assessment 1 Million Species Key Finding Taken Up By New York City Protestors as Slogan | English (396) | 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'. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | News article | News article | https://ilovetheupperwestside.com/climate-change-protestors-arrested-climbing-columbus-circle-globe/ | 2020-09-07 | Multi-organizational/network | Americas | United States of America | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
385 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | Citing IPBES Global Assessment Key Finding, Endangered Species Act Caucus Co-Chairs Lead Over 100 Members of Congress in Opposing Trump Administration's Proposal to Weaken the Endangered Species Act | English (396) | 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. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Debbie Dingell Media Release | Debbie Dingell Media Release | https://debbiedingell.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2684 | 2020-09-04 | National | Americas | United States of America | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
386 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | IPBES Fellow Publishes Opinion Editorial on "Ecosystem service valuation versus using IPBES 's NCP framework for maximizing post-spill recovery and use of compensation" | French (397) | 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." | New/changed action/initiative | Print Article | Tweet | Tweet | https://twitter.com/iranahpris/status/1300853241249329152?s=12 | 2020-09-01 | National | Africa | Mauritius | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
387 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | Citing IPBES Global Assessment, Subnational and Local Governments in 'Edinburgh Declaration on Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework' Call for Transformative Change | English (396) | 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." | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Edinburgh Declaration on post-2020 global biodiversity framework | Edinburgh Declaration on post-2020 global biodiversity framework | https://www.gov.scot/publications/edinburgh-declaration-on-post-2020-biodiversity-framework/pages/call-for-action/ | 2020-08-31 | Global | Cross-regional | United States of America | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
388 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | Citing IPBES Global Assessment Report and Its Media Success, Experts Call Upon Biodiversity Scientists to 'Fight Rise of Extinction Denial' | English (396) | 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. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Nature | Nature | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-020-01285-z.pdf | 2020-08-18 | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||||
389 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | IPBES Key Findings Cited in Youth #ForNature Manifesto Addressed to World Leaders | English (396) | 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. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Youth #ForNature Manifesto | Youth #ForNature Manifesto | https://fornature.undp.org/content/fornature/en/home/our-manifesto.html | 2020-08-13 | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||||
391 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | Norwegian Climate and Environment Minister Sveinung Rotevatns Prominently Cites IPBES Global Assessment in Speech at 2021 National Park Conference on National and International Biodiversity Agenda | Norwegian (478) | In a speech by the Norwegian Climate and Environment Minister Sveinung Rotevatns at the 2021 Norwegian National Park Conference, Minister Rotevatns discussed the IPBES Global Assessment at length, setting the scene for four key ways in which Norway is "paving the way forward." "- Firstly, the binding agreement Norway has with the EU to achieve the climate goals by 2030 and meet the annual climate budget starts. We must increase CO2 uptake in forests and areas and reduce emissions to get there. - Secondly, the current global goals for biodiversity - Aichi goals - will be replaced by new global goals for preserving nature and using it in a sustainable way. - Thirdly , we are entering the decisive decade where we will reach the sustainability goals for the UN in 2030. - Fourth, the UN's decade of nature restoration begins." |
New/changed action/initiative | Website | Sveinung Rotevatn's speech at the National Park Conference 2021 | Sveinung Rotevatn's speech at the National Park Conference 2021 | https://www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/sveinung-rotevatns-tale-pa-nasjonalparkkonferansen-2021/id2834889/ | 2021-02-16 | National | Europe and Central Asia | Norway | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
392 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | In Light of IPBES Global Assessment, French Association for Standardization (AFNOR) Develops Biodiversity Standards Approach for Organizations | French (397) | Sylvain Boucherand, chair of the French Association for Standardization's (AFNOR) Biodiversity Standardization Commission, in an interview about the new biodiversity standards for organizations created by AFNOR, remarked on the key role which the IPBES Global Assessment had in changing the discourse around biodiversity and creating demand for standards such as AFNOR's. The standards are likely to be taken up by many organizations and businesses in France and elsewhere, as AFNOR is a quasi-public institutions for norms. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Sylvain Boucherand Interview | Sylvain Boucherand Interview | https://www.affiches-parisiennes.com/afnor-lance-la-premiere-norme-demarche-biodiversite-des-organisations-11830.html | 2021-01-14 | National | Europe and Central Asia | France | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
393 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | IPBES Pandemics Report Featured Prominently in Fridtjof Nansen Institute Policy Brief | English (396) | In a policy brief for the Fridtjof Nansen Institute in Norway, FNI researchers and analysts incorporated many findings from the IPBES Pandemics Report into their report on "Global governance of health and nature in the wake of COVID-19. Attentive to the role of China and to poverty perspectives". | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Policy brief | Policy brief | https://www.fni.no/news/one-health-for-human-and-nature-to-fight-pandemics?s=09 | 2021-02-17 | Multi-organizational/network | Europe and Central Asia | Norway | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
394 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | Anonymous | Through IKI grant to BES-Net II, UNEP-WCMC supporting developing countries to undertake evaluations of the current state of knowledge on biodiversity and ecosystem services | With IKI financial support and UNEP-WCMC technical support, three countries (Dominican Republic, Malawi and Thailand) have commenced their national ecosystem assessments under the framework of BES-Net Phase II, with close reference to the IPBES Guide on the Production of Assessments and leveraging the expertise of the Sub-Global Assessment Network. | New/changed research project | Other | https://www.unep-wcmc.org/news/three-more-countries-start-national-ecosystem-assessments | https://www.unep-wcmc.org/news/three-more-countries-start-national-ecosystem-assessments | 2021-02-17 | National | Cross-regional | Dominican Republic, Malawi, Thailand | public | Yuko | Kurauchi | UNDP | Policy Specialist | IPBES Observer, Stakeholder | |||||||||||||||
395 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | IPBES Assessment Graphics Used Prominently by New Scientist to Illustrate "Our Impact on Earth’s Ecosystems and Biodiversity – in Graphics" | English (396) | Figures from the IPBES Global Assessment Report and IPBES Land Degradation and Restoration Assessment Report were used prominently by the outlet New Scientist to illustrate "Our impact on Earth’s ecosystems and biodiversity – in graphics." |
New article | Website | New Scientist | New Scientist | https://www.newscientist.com/article/2268035-our-impact-on-earths-ecosystems-and-biodiversity-in-graphics/ | 2021-02-18 | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||||
396 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | IPBES Global Assessment Findings Taken Up and Adapted in Guide on "Upscaling Corporate Solutions for Biodiversity" by French 'Enterprises pour l'environnement' Group | English (396) | EpE, Enterprises pour l'environnement, has published a new guide on "Upscaling Corporate Solutions for Biodiversity", which refers to IPBES findings numerous times, and specifically which takes up the primary drivers of biodiversity and examines how companies can integrate mechanism to avoid or reduce biodiversity pressures into their corporate strategies. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | EpE Report | EpE Report | http://www.epe-asso.org/en/upscaling-corporate-solutions-for-biodiversity-february-2021/ | 2021-02-23 | Multi-organizational/network | Europe and Central Asia | France | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
397 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | rspaull | New Report 'Bankrolling Extinction' Cites IPBES Global Assessment in Examination of Banking Sector's Role in Biodiversity Crisis | English (396) | A new report uses the findings of the Global Assessment Report to map and analyse the role of the banking sector in the global biodiversity crisis | New/changed research project | Website | https://theecologist.org/2020/oct/28/bankrolling-extinction | https://theecologist.org/2020/oct/28/bankrolling-extinction | 2020-10-28 | Global | Cross-regional |
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public | Robert | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
398 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | rspaull | Royal Zoological Society of Scotland Refers to Global Assessment Finding in Announcing as First UK Zoological Society to Join EU Commission Coalition | English (396) | The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland quotes the findings of the IPBES Global Assessment about a million species at risk of extinciton in it's annoucement joining the European Commission Global Coalition #UnitedForBiodiversity ahead of CBD #COP15 | New/changed network | Website | https://www.thenational.scot/news/19123009.royal-zoological-society-scotland-first-biodiversity-pledge/ | https://www.thenational.scot/news/19123009.royal-zoological-society-scotland-first-biodiversity-pledge/ | 2021-02-27 | State/Provincial | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Scotland | public | Robert | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
399 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | rspaull | UK Minister of State for Environment Points to IPBES Pandemics Report and Global Assessment in Response to Oral Questions in House of Lords | English (396) | Lord Goldsmith, the UK Minister of State in the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs responded to an oral question in the House of Lords that although the UK Government has not made any independent assessement of the relationship between pandemic emergence and enironmental degradation, the UK Government (through Defra) has been 'fully enagaged in the IPBES work' including both the Global Assessment and the Pandemics Report. | Other | Government response | Website | Hansard: Pandemics and Environmental Degradation - Volume 810: debated on Wednesday 24 February 2021 | Hansard: Pandemics and Environmental Degradation - Volume 810: debated on Wednesday 24 February 2021 | https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2021-02-24/debates/7631D3EF-548B-44EA-8AA9-A726F8AE2741/PandemicsAndEnvironmentalDegradation?highlight=baroness%20miller#contribution-25E048EE-4206-46BF-90E1-D0FC88CD2B10 | 2021-02-24 | National | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | public | Robert | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||
400 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | Anonymous | Call for Global Science-Policy Body on Chemicals and Waste References Influence and Success of IPBES | English (396) | Drawing on the IPCC as well as IPBES' experience and impacts, the authors of this paper call for a global science-policy body on chemicals and waste similar to the two existing intergovernmental platforms. | New/changed idea | Other | We need a global science-policy body on chemicals and waste | We need a global science-policy body on chemicals and waste | https://science.sciencemag.org/content/371/6531/774 | 2021-02-19 | Global | public | Dr. | Flore | Lafaye de Micheaux | IPBES | Stakeholder engagement officer | Secretariat: Bonn |