The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is an intergovernmental organization established to improve the interface between science and policy on issues of
biodiversity and
ecosystem services.[1] It is intended to serve a similar role to the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.[2]
From 29 April to 4 May 2019, representatives of the 132 IPBES members met in Paris, France, to receive the IPBES's
full report[5] and adopted a summary of it for
policymakers. On 6 May 2019, the 40-page summary was released.[6][7]
2020 report
On October 29, 2020 the organization issued a preliminary report through
Zenodo on its workshop, held virtually on 27–31 July 2020,[11] that proposes a plan for international cooperation to lower risks for
pandemics. Lowering the frequency and severity of pandemics through implementation of worldwide policies is the objective of the organization. An article on the report was published by
Medical News Today on November 7, 2020, that explicates information in the report.[12]
Nature’s contributions to people
IPBES proposed a new term for
ecosystem services, calling them “Nature’s Contributions to People” (NCPs).[10] This change was met with immediate objection from some scientists, who worried that the new term would be confusing and that NCPs were not significantly different from ecosystem services.[13]
2021 report with IPCC
In June of 2021, IPBES and
IPCC released a co-sponsored workshop report on biodiversity and climate change. The workshop produced a summary report covering outcomes,[14] and a 250 page scientific outcome report.[15]
In October 2022, the IPBES and the
IPCC shared the
Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity, because the two intergovernmental organisations "produce scientific knowledge, alert society, and inform decision-makers to make better choices for combatting climate change and the loss of biodiversity".
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