BULAWAYO, Oct 11 (IPS) – Holistic approaches and systems are needed to address biodiversity loss and put the world on a sustainable path, according to an assessment by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). Innovative change is needed. Recommended.
The world faces unprecedented interconnected crises of biodiversity loss, food insecurity and environmental degradation that can no longer be addressed through piecemeal, piecemeal solutions, and instead require a holistic approach, according to IPBES’ forthcoming assessment.
IPBES plans to initiate two scientific assessments. Nexus Evaluation and evaluating innovative changes; We recommend holistic solutions to address the linked and converging crises of biodiversity, water, food, health and climate change in December 2024. ‘Because ‘siloed’ approaches have proven unsuccessful.’
The assessment also calls for urgent ‘transformative change’ in intergovernmental organizations, private sector organizations and civil society to respond to the natural and climate crises.
IPBES is an intergovernmental organization established to improve the interface between science and policy on biodiversity and ecosystem services issues.
The historic 2019 IPBES Global Assessment Report found that achieving global sustainability goals beyond 2030 will require fundamental, system-wide reorganization, including new paradigms.
IPBES head of communications Rob Spaull said the assessment represents the best scientific evidence on critical action to address biodiversity loss available to policymakers.
“This is the most ambitious scientific report we have ever undertaken because the five issues themselves are complex and this assessment allows us to bring them together,” Spaull said at a media briefing ahead of the report’s launch this week.
that Nexus Evaluation Identify critical trade-offs and opportunities within a multidimensional, multidimensional crisis. To what extent do efforts to resolve one crisis add to the other? And which policy options and actions would deliver the greatest overall benefit? This report will provide an unprecedented scope of responses to move decisions and actions beyond single issue silos. This report was written over three years by 101 experts from 42 countries.
“The global crises of biodiversity, water, food, health and climate change must be addressed together, as they often deepen one another when addressed individually,” Paula Harrison, co-chair of the IPBES Nexus Assessment Report, said in a statement. “He said.
“that Nexus Evaluation “It is one of the most ambitious efforts the IPBES community has undertaken and provides an unprecedented range of response options that can move decisions and actions beyond single issue silos.”
that Innovative change assessment We explore the root causes of biodiversity loss, the determinants of transformative change, and options for achieving our 2050 biodiversity vision. The report also assesses the determinants of transformational change, the biggest obstacles it faces, and how it occurs. It also identifies achievable options for promoting, accelerating and sustaining transformational change towards a sustainable world and steps to achieve the global vision for transformational change.
IPBES’ statement reads: revolutionary change The report provides decision-makers, including policymakers, with “the best available evidence, analysis and options for action that will lead to transformative change and address the underlying causes of biodiversity loss to achieve the Paris Climate Agreement, global biodiversity goals.” Building understanding in line with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, the Sustainable Development Goals and other key international development goals.”
The report will be discussed and approved at the 11th IPBES General Assembly, which will be held for the first time in Africa from December 10th to 16th. IPBES represents approximately 150 governments and seeks to strengthen the science-policy interface for biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Spaull said the assessment highlights the need to find holistic solutions to tackle biodiversity loss.
“Assessments look at how trying to fix one part of the system creates unintended consequences in other parts of the system. For example, many countries are pushing hard to plant trees to mitigate climate change and sequester carbon, and “For example, planting one type of tree can harm the ecosystem or water supply and can also have health implications, so we need to find a balance.”
He said the report also emphasizes simultaneous response to issues, with a focus on meeting the SDGs, which must be addressed systematically rather than in silos.
“For example, over the past few decades, food production has increased significantly and calorie production has increased, which has benefited global health, but on the other hand, because mass food production has taken place, this has led to biodiversity loss, depleting water and depleting water,” Spaull said. They said they were farming using intensive farming methods that released huge amounts of gas.
IPBES has also influenced and shaped national and international biodiversity policy by providing clear, science-based recommendations to policymakers and helping governments make informed decisions on conservation, sustainable development and environmental protection. .
Through its assessments, IPBES plays an important role in the global response to the biodiversity crisis by highlighting the interconnectedness of biodiversity, human health, economic stability and environmental sustainability.
Spaull noted that IPBES work has played an important role in informing progress assessments on biodiversity-related SDGs.
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