The eighth plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-8): online, nexus, and transformative change

Dirk S Schmeller; Peter Bridgewater

doi:10.1007/s10531-021-02261-0

The eighth plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-8): online, nexus, and transformative change

Biodivers Conserv. 2021;30(11):2857-2862. doi: 10.1007/s10531-021-02261-0. Epub 2021 Jul 27.

Authors

Dirk S Schmeller¹, Peter Bridgewater^{2

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Affiliations

¹ EcoLab, Université de Toulouse, UPS, INPT, Toulouse, France.
² Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre, Olympic Legacy Park, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, S9 3TU UK.
³ Institute for Applied Ecology and Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra, Bruce, ACT 2617 Australia.

Abstract

The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services held its 8th plenary session online in June 2021, during which a new budget was approved up to 2023, continuing work plans were agreed, and scoping documents for two new assessments, the nexus and transformative change assessments, were accepted.

Keywords: Global Assessment; Nature conservation,; Nexus assessment,; Science-Policy; Stakeholders; Transformative Change.

Publication types

Editorial