The IPBES global assessment: Pathways to action

Trends in Ecology and Evolution
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The first Global Assessment of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services found widespread, accelerating declines in Earth’s biodiversity and associated benefits to people from nature. Addressing these trends will require science-based policy responses to reduce impacts, especially at national to local scales. Effective scaling of science-policy efforts driven by global and national assessments is a major challenge for turning assessment into action, and will require unprecedented commitments on the part of scientists to engage with communities of policy and practice. Fulfillment of science’s social contract with society, and with nature, will require strong institutional support for scientists’ participation in activities that transcend conventional research and publication.
Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title The IPBES global assessment: Pathways to action
Series title Trends in Ecology and Evolution
DOI 10.1016/j.tree.2020.01.009
Volume 36
Issue 5
Year Published 2020
Language English
Publisher Elsevier
Contributing office(s) Southwest Climate Science Center
Description 8 p.
First page 407
Last page 414
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