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Thematic Assessment Report on the Underlying Causes of Biodiversity Loss and the Determinants of Transformative Change and Options for Achieving the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity

Transformative Change Assessment SPM

At the eleventh session of the IPBES Plenary, held in Windhoek, Namibia, from 10 to 16 December 2024, the IPBES Thematic Assessment Report on the Underlying Causes of Biodiversity Loss and the Determinants of Transformative Change and Options for Achieving the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity (Transformative Change Assessment) was accepted, and its summary for policymakers was approved. 

The Transformative Change Assessment is the result of 3 years of work by 101 experts from 42 countries and synthesizes information from over 7,000 references into a comprehensive scientific assessment and concise summary document for policymakers. The complete assessment, comprised of five chapters and its summary for policymakers are linked below.

The scoping document for the Transformative Change Assessment is available here.

The full list of experts and management committee members is available here.


Suggested citation:

IPBES (2024). Summary for Policymakers of the Thematic Assessment Report on the Underlying Causes of Biodiversity Loss and the Determinants of Transformative Change and Options for Achieving the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. O’Brien, K., Garibaldi, L., Agrawal, A., Bennett, E., Biggs, O., Calderón Contreras, R., Carr, E., Frantzeskaki, N., Gosnell, H., Gurung, J., Lambertucci, S., Leventon, J., Liao, C., Reyes García, V., Shannon, L., Villasante, S., Wickson, F., Zinngrebe, Y., and Perianin, L. (eds.). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11382230


Summary for policymakers

Summary for policymakers - Transformative Change Assessment (IPBES/11/12/Add.2)

Summary for Policymakers of the Thematic assessment of the underlying causes of biodiversity loss and the determinants of transformative change and options for achieving the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity

Summary for policymakers - Transformative Change Assessment (IPBES/11/12/Add.2) - laid out courtesy translation

Summary for Policymakers of the Thematic assessment of the underlying causes of biodiversity loss and the determinants of transformative change and options for achieving the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity (laid out courtesy translation)

Report

Thematic Assessment Report on the Underlying Causes of Biodiversity Loss and the Determinants of Transformative Change and Options for Achieving the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity of IPBES

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Chapters

TCA Chapter 1: Transformative change and a sustainable world

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TCA Chapter 2: Visions of a sustainable world - for nature and people

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TCA Chapter 3: How transformative change occurs

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TCA Chapter 4: Overcoming the challenges of achieving transformative change towards a sustainable world

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TCA Chapter 5: Realizing a sustainable world for nature and people: transformative strategies, actions and roles for all

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TCA Glossary

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