 | - The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is an autonomous intergovernmental body established by member states in 2012. It provides policy makers with objective scientific assessments on the state of knowledge related to global biodiversity, ecosystems and the benefits they provide to people, as well as tools and methods to protect and sustainably use these essential natural resources. Our mission is to strengthen, through science, the knowledge base for improving policies aimed at the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, long-term human well-being and sustainable development. In a way, IPBES does for biodiversity what the IPCC does for climate change.
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The importance of IPBES lies in its ability to integrate knowledge from diverse disciplines and communities, providing policy-relevant information and accelerating its implementation at governmental, private and civilian levels.
The work of IPBES is grouped into four complementary areas:
- Assessments: Conducts thematic, methodological, regional and global level assessments on biodiversity and ecosystem services.
- Policy support: Identifies and facilitates the use of policy-relevant tools and methodologies, and promotes their development.
- Capacity and knowledge strengthening: Meets the priority capacity, knowledge and data needs of its members, experts and stakeholders.
- Communication and outreach: Ensures broad reach and impact of your work.
Source: IPBES
Recent assessments |
Approval Date | Deliverable |
| IPBES-4 (2016) | Assessment Report on Pollinators, Pollination and Food Production |
| IPBES-4 (2016) | Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Scenarios and Models Methodological Assessment Report |
| IPBES-6 (2018) | Land Degradation and Restoration Assessment Report |
IPBES-6 (2018) | Regional Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Assessment Reports for the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and Europe and Central Asia |
| IPBES-7 (2019) | Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services |
| IPBES-8 (2020) | Report of the Expert Workshop on Biodiversity and Pandemics |
| IPBES-8 (2020) | Report of the joint IPBES/IPCC workshop on biodiversity and climate change |
| IPBES-9 (2022) | Methodological assessment of the diverse conceptualization of multiple values of nature and its benefits, including biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services. |
| IPBES-9 (2022) | Sustainable use of wild species assessment report |
| IPBES-9 (2022) | Fundamentals of Nature's Futures Framework, a flexible tool to support the development of scenarios and models of desirable futures for people, nature and Mother Earth (Nature's Futures Framework). |
| IPBES-10 (2023) | Invasive alien species assessment |
Ongoing assessments |
Approval date | Deliverable |
| IPBES-11 (2024) | Thematic assessment of the interrelationships between biodiversity, water, food and health ("nexus assessment"). |
| IPBES-11 (2024) | Thematic assessment of the underlying causes of biodiversity loss, drivers of transformational change and options for achieving the 2050 vision for biodiversity ("Transformational Change Assessment"). |
| IPBES-12 (2025) | Methodological assessment of the impact and dependence of business on biodiversity and nature's contributions to people ("Business and Biodiversity Assessment"). |
Upcoming assessments |
Approval date | Deliverable |
| IPBES-13 (2026) | Methodological assessment on monitoring biodiversity and nature's contributions to people for consideration. |
| PBES-14 (2027) | Methodological assessment of integrated spatial planning including biodiversity and ecological connectivity. |
| IPBES-15 (2028) | Second global assessment |
| IPBES-16 (2029) | The evaluation will be determined in IPBES-12. |
