Expert Available to Comment on Upcoming International IPBES “Nexus” Biodiversity Report
The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Nexus Assessment, a major global scientific assessment on biodiversity, will be released at a global gathering during a hybrid in-person and online press conference in Windhoek, Namibia, on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, at 8 a.m. EST (13:00 UK GMT/14:00 CET)
Pamela McElwee, co-chair of the IPBES Nexus Assessment, professor, Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers University School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, is available for interviews.
To arrange interviews, contact Kitta MacPherson at [email protected] or Paula Walcott-Quintin at [email protected]
The Report has been in development for more than three years, and was led by led by co-chairs Professor Pamela McElwee of Rutgers University and Professor Paula Harrison of the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, United Kingdom. The report was prepared by 165 experts from 57 countries. The Report will be considered and is expected to be approved at the eleventh session of the IPBES Plenary (#IPBES11, 10-16 December 2024).
Members of the media seeking access to the report and/or the event and who are not yet on the IPBES media list must apply online for access here: http://eepurl.com/hxkQgn (media only please).
The event will be streamed live: www.ipbes.net
Often described as the "IPCC for Biodiversity," IPBES is the global science policy body tasked with providing the best available evidence to decision-makers on biodiversity and ecosystems.
For more information: ‘Primer’ on the report (fully public and may be used without restriction). https://files.ipbes.net/ipbes-web-prod-public-files/2024-10/20240829%20Nexus%20Primer%20ENGLISH%20%281%29.pdf