Call for contributions to support uptake and use of the IPBES Nexus and Transformative Change Assessments

Dear IPBES members, observers and other interested stakeholders, including Indigenous Peoples and local communities, 

The IPBES Assessment of the Interlinkages among Biodiversity, Water, Food and Health (Nexus Assessment) and Assessment of the Underlying Causes of Biodiversity Loss and the Determinants of Transformative Change and Options for Achieving the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity (Transformative Change Assessment), approved by the Plenary at IPBES11 in Windhoek, Namibia, outline options for decision-makers to design appropriate responses. Advance unedited versions of the summaries for policymakers are already available here, and the chapters of the assessments are expected to be published in March 2025. The assessments have received wide media-coverage and are off to a very promising start.

Building on this momentum and to catalyze further supportive efforts, I would like to invite Governments, organizations and individuals to support the uptake and use of both assessments. 

Examples of concrete contributions to support uptake and use of the Nexus and Transformative Change Assessments include:

• Development of practical guidance and convening of workshops for national focal points and other decision makers on how to translate specific policy options set out in the IPBES Nexus and Transformative Change Assessment Reports into policy, legislation, decisions and actions at the regional, national and subnational levels with due regard to their specific contexts;
• Convening of workshops to foster cross-sectoral collaboration, including with the private sector, to implement relevant policy options set out in the IPBES Nexus and Transformative Change Assessment reports;
• Development of training courses for formal and informal education settings focusing on the use of IPBES assessments and products in different policy settings;
• Development of fact sheets and other materials to support uptake of the Nexus and Transformative Change Assessment Reports and other products in respective policy settings.

In addition, I would also encourage continued undertaking of different capacity-building efforts in support of IPBES and invite you to submit and share such activities or developed resources aimed at building capacities relevant to IPBES. Examples of concrete contributions include the organization of in-person or online events, or the development of learning and other materials that support increased understanding of the key findings of the Nexus and Transformative Change Assessments.

Please register your contributions through the following link: https://www.ipbes.net/support_to_building_capacity_submissions. All activities submitted by December 2025 will be reported to the IPBES Plenary at its 12th session (early 2026).
To receive further information about the types of support that the IPBES secretariat can offer to such events and activities, please contact the secretariat at: mea-ipbes-secretariat@un.org 

The success of IPBES depends on drawing on existing capacities of experts and institutions from all over the world, and as such I would appreciate your assistance in distributing this call widely to colleagues, email lists and networks. 

I thank you for your continued support to IPBES.

Yours sincerely,

Dr Anne Larigauderie | Executive Secretary
Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)