The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Question 1

IPBES

Answer 1

Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

The mission is to strengthen the science-policy interface for biodiversity and ecosystem services for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, long-term human well-being and sustainable development

Today more than 140 countries have joined IPBES

Question 2

IPBES consensus reports

Answer 2

IPBES deliver scientific consensus reports upon request from the member states

IPBES prepare consensus reports across disciplinary boundaries

IPBES designate ‘option for actions’

All consensus reports are adopted unanimously by the member states

Question 3

The IPBES assessment process

Answer 3

1. Request and scope
2. Expert evaluation
3. Approval and acceptance of the final assessment report
4. Use of the final assessment findings

Question 4

The biodiversity crisis

Answer 4

We loose species at a rate of 10 to several 100 times higher than the normal background rate

Question 5

Drivers of loss

Answer 5

Habitat fragmentation

(Micro) climate change

Exploitation

Question 6

Nexus elements

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The five nexus-elements (climate change, water, biodiversity, food and health) are interlinked and interdependent

Biodiversity loss has a negative impact on the other nexus elements

Trade-offs and synergies

Activities impacting on element influence other elements

Question 7

Response options

Answer 7

Many response options are already available to actors in multiple sectors for sustainably managing biodiversity, water, food, health and climate change

• options to facilitate synergies
• implement together and in sequence

Question 8

The underlying causes for the indirect drivers

Answer 8

Disconnect from and domination over nature and people

Concentration of power and wealth

Prioritization of short-term, individual and material gains

Question 9

Biodiversity on the agenda

Answer 9

Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

EU Policy

Question 10

Three main aims of IPBES Denmark

Answer 10

Communication

Involvement

Raise funds for research

Question 11

How to take IPBES messages to national level?

Answer 11

Micro “IPBES report”

• status
• drivers
• opportunities for actions

Question 12

How does IPBES make a difference?

Answer 12

• High scientific credibility
• Create scientific consensus like IPCC
• Holistic approach: involves different research disciplines
• Look at all drivers of biodiversity loss: direct, indirect and behind
• Reports are accepted and ownership brought to governments
• Provide options for actions: what could be done
• Attention towards all stakeholders and diverse values of biodiversity
• Elephants in the room: regional, national and local levels