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470 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Expectation Document by Norge Bank Quotes IPBES Assessment in Setting Expectations for Companies on How to Manage Environmental Matters | English (396) | The expectation document published by Norge Bank Investment Management serves as a starting point for the bank's interaction with companies on biodiversity and ecosystems. Changes to natural ecosystems and the biodiversity that underpins them, pose business risks to companies in our portfolio. Externalities from unsustainable use of natural ecosystems may also affect other companies and the fund’s long-term return. At the same time, evolving trends may present new business opportunities. Companies highly dependent on or impacting biodiversity and ecosystems should integrate relevant nature-related considerations into their corporate strategy, risk management and reporting. The document quotes IPBES, the number of species threatened by extinction is accelerating and is mainly driven by human activities. Exploitation of organisms, land use change, invasive alien species and environmental pollution are placing severe stress on ecosystems and disrupting habitats. |
New/changed idea | Website | Biodiversity and ecosystems - Expectations of companies | Biodiversity and ecosystems - Expectations of companies | https://www.nbim.no/contentassets/f1fa22a3a6c54ed88cf18607f75953c0/nbim_biodiversity_2021_web.pdf | 2021-08-18 | Cross-regional | private | Britt | Curley | IPBES | Programme Management Assistant - Communications | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||||
459 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | bcurley1012 | Two authors of IPBES Global Assessment Draw Lessons About How to Represent Biodiversity in Assessments and How Biodiversity Knowledge Can Inform Effective and Legitimate Actions | English (396) | The research article draws lessons from the IPBES Global Assessment about how to represent and govern biodiversity. The authors argue that while attempts to emulate climate science and governance are understandable, for biodiversity this is not a good idea. A narrow focus on biodiversity as species and biodiversity loss as species extinction may be easy to communicate and attractive for policy makers, NGOs or media to signal the urgency of the biodiversity crisis, but it is seriously limited in its ability to reflect diverse values and worldviews and catalyse the effective action that is needed to ensure the wellbeing of people and nature. | New/changed idea | Website | Biodiversity and species extinction: categorisation, calculation, and communication | Biodiversity and species extinction: categorisation, calculation, and communication | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10383441.2020.1925204 | 2021-07-17 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | public | Britt | Curley | IPBES | Programme Management Assistant - Communications | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
542 | Thu, 09/02/2023 | Fernando Neda | IPBES Global Assessment Findings Used in WEF Briefing Paper on Biodiversity Credits | English (396) | A new briefing paper by the World Economic Forum cites the 2019 IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, mentioning in its introduction that "Human activity is eroding the world’s ecological foundations. Over 1 million species are at risk of extinction, one third of the world’s topsoil has been degraded, forest fires are now more extensive and destructive than at any time in the past 10,000 years and 50% of the world’s coral reefs are destroyed." The paper, titled “Biodiversity Credits: Unlocking Financial Markets for Nature-Positive Outcomes,” is the output of past months’ deliberation with the Working Group on Biodiversity Credits. The paper points out that biodiversity credits are part of a company’s nature-positive journey –an investment in nature’s recovery, rather than an offset for damages. |
New/changed action/initiative | Website | Biodiversity Credits: Unlocking Financial Markets for Nature-Positive Outcomes | Biodiversity Credits: Unlocking Financial Markets for Nature-Positive Outcomes | https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Biodiversity_Credit_Market_2022.pdf | 2022-09-01 | Global |
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private | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | |||||||||||||
462 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | bcurley1012 | Informed by Key IPBES Assessment Findings, House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee Examines the State of Biodiversity in the UK and Actions Towards Biodiversity Protection | English (396) | The UK Government announced a ‘state of nature’ target aimed at halting the decline in nature in England by 2030, and plans to implement a raft of environmental policies to achieve these goals. While these policies are a welcome start, in their current form they do not represent the transformative change required to bend the curve of biodiversity loss. To help achieve the transformative change necessary, the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee proposes a package of recommendations spanning biodiversity monitoring, funding, policy implementation, economics, and education. Informed by key IPBES Assessment findings, this report examines the state of biodiversity in the UK and how the UK can best protect and enhance biodiversity in the future, and seeks to evaluate the extent to which the UK is doing its part to deliver the transformative change necessary to reverse biodiversity loss. | New/changed commitment | Print Article | Biodiversity in the UK: bloom or bust? First Report of Session 2021–22 | Biodiversity in the UK: bloom or bust? First Report of Session 2021–22 | 2021-06-23 | Europe and Central Asia | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | public | Britt | Curley | IPBES | Programme Management Assistant - Communications | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||||
195 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | IPBES Global Assessment 'Inspires Global Poster Contest' in Collaboration with UNEP | English (396) | The 16th International Poster Biennial contest has chosen biodiversity as the focus of its environmental category, partly in response to the urgency highlighted by the IPBES Global Assessment. "The scale of the current biodiversity breakdown is unparalleled; the IPBES report warns that more than a third of all marine mammals, more than 40 percent of amphibian species and 10 percent of insects are threatened." | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Biodiversity loss inspires global poster contest - UNEP | Biodiversity loss inspires global poster contest - UNEP | https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/press-release/biodiversity-loss-inspires-global-poster-contest | Global Assessment | 2020-01-22 | Global | Mexico | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
504 | Thu, 29/09/2022 | rspaull | BNP Paribas Senior Analyst Points to IPBES Work in Raising Awareness on Biodiversity Crisis Among Governments, Companies and Investors | English (396) | BNP Paribas Senior Analyst, Robert-Alexandre Poujade, Points to IPBES Work in Raising Awareness on Biodiversity Crisis Among Governments, Companies and Investors in speech at Global Research Alliance for Sustainable Finance and Investment (GRASFI) annual conference - focusing on importance of integrating biodiversity into assest management from the outset. | New/changed idea | Website | Biodiversity must be integrated into asset management from the outset | Biodiversity must be integrated into asset management from the outset | https://news.trenddetail.com/news/137775.html | 2022-09-16 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | private | Robert | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | |||||||||||||
487 | Wed, 07/09/2022 | Fernando Neda | International Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Launches Online Course Based Partly on IPBES Global Assessment Evidence | English (396) | The Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), chaired by Michael R. Bloomberg and part of the international Financial Stability Board (FSB) established by the G20, launched a self-paced online course titled "Biodiversity-related disclosure: Understanding impacts and dependencies." Citing IPBES science and publications, particularly the five main drivers of biodiversity loss identified by the IPBES Global Assessment, the course delves into biodiversity-related corporate reporting as businesses increasingly measure, manage and disclose their organizational impacts and dependencies on biodiversity. The course aims to help participants ready their organizations by staying ahead of the risks and opportunities, helping them answer questions like "What characteristics of biodiversity require special attention from companies?" and "What should companies considering biodiversity-related disclosures do?". | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Biodiversity-related disclosure: Understanding impacts and dependencies | Biodiversity-related disclosure: Understanding impacts and dependencies | https://learn.tcfdhub.org/enrol/index.php?id=12 | 2021-12-12 | Global | private | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||||
472 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | BNP Paribas LinkedIn Post Quotes IPBES Assessment: 1 Million Animal and Plant Species [are on] the Brink of Extinction, a Sixth Mass Extinction of Wildlife is Underway. | English (396) | BNP Paribas affirms the importance of scaling up action for sustainable finance in order to protect biodiversity, and commits to using the framework provided by the IPBES Global Assessment Report to organize their actions for the protection of biodiversity and analyze the pressure exerted by businesses on biodiversity. | New/changed commitment | Website | Biodiversity: companies need a framework to scale up action | Biodiversity: companies need a framework to scale up action | https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/biodiversity-companies-need-framework-scale-up-action-soleille | 2021-10-14 | Multi-organizational/network | private | Britt | Curley | IPBES | Programme Management Assistant - Communications | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||||
343 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | rspaull | McKinsey & Company Publishes 4 Interventions to Reduce the Impact of the Apparel Industry on Biodiversity Citing Global Assessment | English (396) | 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 | New article | Website | Biodiversity: The next frontier in sustainable fashion | Biodiversity: The next frontier in sustainable fashion | https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/retail/our-insights/biodiversity-the-next-frontier-in-sustainable-fashion | 2020-08-05 | Multi-organizational/network | Cross-regional | private | Rob | Spaull | IPBES | Head of Comms | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
351 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | Citing IPBES Global Assessment, Schneider Electric Announces its Corporate Actions to Reverse Biodiversity Loss | English (396) | Citing the IPBES Global Assessment, and emphasizing that transformative changes are required to safeguard economic and social models, Schneider Electric announced its new biodiversity elements in its environmental strategy. "For instance, improvements can be made through sustainable purchasing; increased supply chain traceability would allow us to choose exactly what we buy, from whom and from where. Biodiversity is an inherently local issue and the impact of raw material extraction can vary greatly, even within the same region." | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Blog | Blog | https://www.3blmedia.com/News/Schneider-Electrics-Actions-Reverse-Biodiversity-Loss | 2020-10-23 | Organizational | Europe and Central Asia | France | private | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
375 | Wed, 06/04/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | Inspired by IPBES Global Assessment, adidas Launches 'Run Wild: 1 Million Runners for 1 Million Species' Campaign | English (396) | The adidas Runtastic team, for its 2020 'Run Wild' campaign, launched the '1 Million Runners for 1 Million Species' campaign, "calling on 1 million runners to give a voice to 1 million species [threatened with extinction] at the UN General Assembly Biodiversity Summit." | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Blog | Blog | https://www.runtastic.com/blog/en/run-wild/ | 2020-09-17 | Global | Cross-regional | private | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
622 | Wed, 17/01/2024 | Amarys Preuss | UBS Sustainability Institute Publishes White Paper Proposing a Toolbox of Finance-Driving Technologies for the Measurement of Biodiversity In Regard to the Five Drivers of Biodiversity Loss | English (396) | UBS Sustainability and Impact Institute publishes a white paper on the tools needed to align technology and finance to address biodiversity challenges and reach the Global Biodiversity Framework Targets. The report focuses in particular on technologies for measuring the state of biodiversity and the impact and potential of sustainable investments: the toolbox assesses the relevance of 14 technologies for measurement in regard to each of the five drivers of biodiversity decline as identified in the IPBES Global Assessment. |
New/changed investment | Website | Bloom or bust Our latest white paper on aligning technology and finance to address biodiversity challenges | Bloom or bust Our latest white paper on aligning technology and finance to address biodiversity challenges | https://www.ubs.com/global/en/sustainability-impact/sustainability-insights/bloom-or-bust.html?intCampID=HPPROMOTEASER-GLOBAL-WEF2024-P1 | 2024-01-09 | Global |
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private | Amarys | Preuss | IPBES | Stakeholder Engagement Officer | Other | [email protected] | |||||||||||||
338 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | IPBES Global Assessment Finding Cited as a Key Reason "Why Fund Managers Started Worrying About Biodiversity," and Report Cited Prominently For Further Reading | English (396) | In a Bloomberg Green article, reporter Alastair Marsh attributed a biodiversity-positive shift for fund managers to, among others, the IPBES Global Assessment, highlighting the key finding that 1 million species risk extinction and placing the IPBES Global Assessment Report prominently on the list for further reading. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Bloomberg | Bloomberg | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-13/why-fund-managers-started-worrying-about-biodiversity-quicktake | 2020-11-13 | Global | Cross-regional | private | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
200 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Anonymous | Citing IPBES Global Assessement, 102 Environmental NGOs Launch 'Blue Manifesto' Urging EU Countries to 'Adopt a 2030 Vision for Healthy Seas' | English (396) | More than 100 NGOs have called on European Governments to implement ambitious climate and biodiversity policies to protect marine and coastal ecosystems. "The NGOs, led by Seas At Risk, BirdLife Europe, ClientEarth, Oceana, Surfrider Foundation Europe and WWF, highlight that to be successful, change is needed on both land and sea, so they call for: • At least 30% of the ocean to be highly or fully protected by 2030 • Shift to low-impact fishing • Securing a pollution-free ocean • Planning of human activities that support the restoration of thriving marine ecosystems" |
New/changed action/initiative | Website | Blue Manifesto | Blue Manifesto | https://www.fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?monthyear=1-2020&day=30&id=106193 | 2020-01-30 | Subregional | Europe and Central Asia | European Union | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | ||||||||||||||
443 | Thu, 21/10/2021 | Anonymous | The BNP Group Relies on Studies by IPBES Global Assessment Report as They Strengthen Their Commitment to Biodiversity | English (396) | French international banking group, BNP Paribas, has been committed to preserving biodiversity through its financing policies, constructive dialogues with its clients, its coalitions, philanthropy and support for research for years, and has relied on IPBES studies to help structure its actions and understand their impacts. Committed to furthering its position, the Group is diversifying and strengthening its actions as a leading economic player, as well as through collective actions, and has published a Position on biodiversity reaffirming its commitments, its continued actions and its intentions for promoting biodiversity going forward. | New/changed commitment | Website | BNP Paribas reaffirms its commitments to help preserve biodiversity | BNP Paribas reaffirms its commitments to help preserve biodiversity | https://group.bnpparibas/en/news/bnp-paribas-reaffirms-commitments-preserve-biodiversity | 2021-04-05 | Cross-regional | private | Britt | Curley | IPBES | Assistant Programme Management-Communications | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||||
486 | Wed, 07/09/2022 | Fernando Neda | BNP Paribas Structures and Strengthens its Financing Policies and Commitments to Help Preserve Biodiversity Based on IPBES Studies and Issues a 'Position on Biodiversity' | English (396) | The financial group stated that "to structure its actions and understand their impacts, the Group relies on studies by IPBES." Based on the 2019 IPBES Global Assessment and other IPBES findings and calls for action, particularly the pressures on biodiversity listed by IPBES, the group claims that it is "is diversifying and strengthening its actions as a leading economic player, as well as through collective actions." BNP Paribas issued a 'Position on Biodiversity', committing to (1) "reduction of pressures related to the activity of its customers and companies in which the Group invests, through constructive dialogue and supervision of our credit and investment activities"; (2) "active support to [its] clients' efforts to preserve biodiversity, through specific financial products and services (SLL, green bonds, etc.)"; (3) "[orient] investments towards funds aiming at preserving biodiversity"; and (4) "[reduce the Group's direct impacts on biodiversity," among other significant commitments]. | New/changed investment | Website | BNP Paribas reaffirms its commitments to help preserve biodiversity | BNP Paribas reaffirms its commitments to help preserve biodiversity | https://group.bnpparibas/en/news/bnp-paribas-reaffirms-commitments-preserve-biodiversity | 2021-05-04 | Global | private | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||||
363 | Wed, 28/09/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | IPBES Assessments Featured Prominently in Book on "Transformation of Our Food Systems: The Making of a Paradigm Shift" | English (396) | Hans R. Herren, Benedikt Haerlin and the IAASTD+10 Advisory Group served as editors of a volume highlighting food systems transformations, which featured sections on and findings from the IPBES Global Assessment Report, IPBES Land Degradation and Restoration Assessment Report, and Assessment Report on Pollinators, Pollination and Food Production. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Book Media Release | Book Media Release | https://foodsolutionsne.org/announcing-new-book-transformation-of-our-food-systems-the-making-of-a-paradigm-shift/ | 2020-09-24 | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | |||||||||||||||
603 | Mon, 27/11/2023 | Fernando Neda | Researchers Operationalize IPBES Nature Futures Framework to Catalyze Development of Nature-Future Scenarios | English (396) | Members of the IPBES task force on scenarios and models have provided an example of how the Nature Futures Framework can be implemented for the development of illustrative narratives representing a diversity of desirable nature futures: information that can be used to assess and develop scenarios and models whilst acknowledging the underpinning value perspectives on nature. To explore the interdependence between narratives, and therefore their potential to be translated into scenarios and models, six narratives developed were assessed around three areas of the transformative change debate, specifically, (1) land sparing vs. land sharing, (2) Half Earth vs. Whole Earth conservation, and (3) green growth vs. post-growth economic development. The paper concludes with an assessment of how the Nature Futures Framework could be used to assist in developing and articulating transformative pathways towards desirable nature futures. The article is part of the Sustainability Science journal's Special Feature: Operationalizing the Nature Futures Framework to Catalyze the Development of Nature-Future Scenarios. |
New/changed research project | Print Article | Bringing the Nature Futures Framework to life: creating a set of illustrative narratives of nature futures | Bringing the Nature Futures Framework to life: creating a set of illustrative narratives of nature futures | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-023-01316-1 | 2023-05-04 | Global | public | Fernando | Neda | IPBES | PIA | Secretariat: Bonn | [email protected] | ||||||||||||||
372 | Mon, 04/04/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | IPBES Cited in French Ministry for Ecological Transition Brochure on the Role of Business in Protecting Biodiversity | English (396) | The French Ministry for Ecological Transition has published a brochure on the role of business in protecting biodiversity, citing key findings from the IPBES Global Assessment. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | Brochure | Brochure | http://www.mission-economie-biodiversite.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Les-bonnes-pratiques-fonci%C3%A8res-pour-simplanter-sur-un-territoire.pdf | 2020-09-22 | National | Europe and Central Asia | France | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn | |||||||||||||
371 | Fri, 19/08/2022 | Patrick.Tonissen | Citing IPBES Evidence, French Council of Economic Analysis Publishes Report on Possible Economic Responses to Biodiversity Loss | English (396) | 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. | New/changed action/initiative | Website | CAE Report | CAE Report | https://www.cae-eco.fr/Biodiversite-quelle-reponse-economique | 2020-09-10 | National | Europe and Central Asia | France | public | Patrick | Tonissen | IPBES | Communications Consultant | Secretariat: Bonn |