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  • Business for Nature statement on the IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment: A scientific reality check for the global economy


    The relationship between economic resilience and the natural world is at a crossroads. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has released its "Methodological Assessment of the Impact and Dependence of Business on Biodiversity."

    The report serves as a reality check, providing a scientific foundation for how businesses must naviga

  • Reflections on 2024: Balancing urgency with perseverance

    2024 has been a lively year for those of us working on advancing global nature action – with discussions maturing and multiplying. Tackling complex issues such as biodiversity loss and its interconnections with climate and social equity takes time, where global discussions remain key, even if they don’t always result in the urgent progress we are collectively striving for.

  • Catch up on the main nature policy news from August

    In a nutshell: Updated NBSAPs and national targets / Negotiations on ABS / World Summit on Traditional Knowledge Related to Biodiversity
    Updated NBSAPs and national targets
    With the UN Biodiversity COP16 less than two months away, the number of countries submitting updated National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) and national targets is accelerating. Italy, Indonesia, Jor

  • Catch up on the main nature policy news from March

    In a nutshell: Astrid Schomaker appointed CBD’s new Executive Secretary / Nature policies face setback in European Council / Negotiations for deep-sea mining regulations / Brazil publishes strategic environmental plan / Global Biodiversity Fund approves first grants / UNEA-6 adopts 15 resolutions
    Astrid Schomaker appointed Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity
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