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IPBES Nexus Assessment: Summary for Policymakers

Creators

  • 1. ROR icon Rutgers University–Newark
  • 2. ROR icon UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
  • 3. ROR icon Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
  • 4. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Facultad Regional Chubut, Grupo de Investigación en Gestión, Desarrollo Territorial y Ambiente (GesDTA), Argentina
  • 5. Instituto Patagónico para el Estudio de Ecosistemas Continentales (IPEEC), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina
  • 6. ROR icon Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  • 7. ROR icon Institute of Economic Growth
  • 8. EAT Forum
  • 9. ROR icon Alliance Bioversity International - CIAT
  • 10. ROR icon Czech Academy of Sciences, Global Change Research Institute
  • 11. ROR icon Massey University
  • 12. ROR icon Cornell University
  • 13. Wetlands International South Asia
  • 14. ROR icon United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
  • 15. ROR icon University of Oxford
  • 16. ROR icon NEOMA Business School
  • 17. ROR icon University of Canberra
  • 18. ROR icon United States Geological Survey
  • 19. ROR icon University of Buenos Aires
  • 20. ROR icon International Union for Conservation of Nature
  • 21. ROR icon University of Vermont
  • 22. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - IMK-IFU, Campus Alpin
  • 23. ROR icon Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
  • 24. ROR icon University of Pretoria
  • 25. ROR icon Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
  • 26. ROR icon Institute of Rural Management Anand
  • 27. ROR icon SouthSouthNorth
  • 28. Centre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University
  • 29. ROR icon University of Aberdeen
  • 30. EDMO icon UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre
  • 31. ROR icon University of Buea
  • 32. ROR icon United States Agency for International Development
  • 33. ROR icon Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean

Description

Summary for Policymakers of the Thematic Assessment Report on the Interlinkages among Biodiversity, Water, Food and Health of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.

The IPBES Nexus Assessment was initiated following a decision from the IPBES Plenary at its eigth session (IPBES-8) in June 2021. The summary for policymakers was approved by the IPBES Plenary at its eleventh session (IPBES-11) in December 2024.

Notes

Suggested citation: IPBES (2024). Summary for Policymakers of the Thematic Assessment Report on the Interlinkages among Biodiversity, Water, Food and Health of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. McElwee, P. D., Harrison, P. A., van Huysen, T. L., Alonso Roldán, V., Barrios, E., Dasgupta, P., DeClerck, F., Harmáčková, Z. V., Hayman, D. T. S., Herrero, M., Kumar, R., Ley, D., Mangalagiu, D., McFarlane, R. A., Paukert, C., Pengue, W. A., Prist, P. R., Ricketts, T. H., Rounsevell, M. D. A., Saito, O., Selomane, O., Seppelt, R., Singh, P. K., Sitas, N., Smith, P., Vause, J., Molua, E. L., Zambrana-Torrelio, C., and Obura, D. (eds.). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany.  DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13850289.

Notes

The available document is the English advance edited version of the the IPBES Nexus Assessment Summary for Policymakers.

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