{"id":34012,"date":"2024-12-20T19:01:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T13:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=34012"},"modified":"2024-12-20T19:01:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T13:31:53","slug":"ipbes-nexus-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/20-12-2024\/ipbes-nexus-report","title":{"rendered":"IPBES Nexus Report: Interlinking Climate, Biodiversity, and Human Well-being"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS3\/ Environment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) released the Nexus Report.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Highlights of the Report<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Biodiversity loss threatens food, water, health, and climate systems:<\/strong> Over the last 30-50 years, biodiversity has declined by an <strong>average of 2-6%<\/strong> each decade<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Trade-offs between food security and other nexus elements:<\/strong> Six nexus scenario archetypes are developed to assess how the five nexus elements \u2013 biodiversity, water, food, health and climate \u2013 will interact with each other.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Restoring nature for climate mitigation and adaptation: <\/strong>Techniques like reforestation, wetland restoration, and sustainable land management provide co-benefits for biodiversity restoration and climate action.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reforming global financial systems:<\/strong> The report highlights a <strong>$300 billion to $1 trillion<\/strong> annual funding gap for biodiversity.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Current economic systems fail to account for externalities of biodiversity loss, imposing unaccounted costs of <strong>$10-25 trillion<\/strong> annually.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What are the recommendations?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Economic opportunities: <\/strong>Transitioning to sustainable approaches can create over <strong>$10 trillion <\/strong>in economic opportunities and generate <strong>400 million<\/strong> jobs by 2030.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Harmonizing responses: <\/strong>Policies addressing food systems, climate action, and biodiversity conservation should maximize synergies and avoid trade-offs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reforming financial systems:<\/strong> Incentivizing nature-positive investments is crucial to close biodiversity funding gaps and achieve the <strong>Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The IPBES Nexus Assessment highlights the need for integrated policymaking to address interconnected challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, and food, water, and health security.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The report underscores the importance of restoring nature, transitioning to sustainable food systems, reforming economic structures, and bridging the biodiversity funding gap.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebecf0\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>About IPBES<\/strong><br>&#8211; <strong>Established in 2012<\/strong>, IPBES assesses the state of biodiversity and ecosystem services globally.\u00a0<br>&#8211; <strong>IPBES does not produce new scientific research<\/strong> but evaluates existing knowledge to provide consolidated assessments for policymakers.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-climate\/nexus-report-ipbes-9732764\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>IE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) released the Nexus Report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34012"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34013,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34012\/revisions\/34013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}