Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
IPBES aims to establish an interface between the scientific community and policymakers to build capacity for and strengthen the use of science in policymaking. In addition to UNESCO, UNDP, and FAO, UNEP is one of the UN co-partners of IPBES. Although there are many organizations and initiatives that contribute to the science-policy interface on biodiversity and ecosystem services, there is no ongoing global mechanism recognized by both the scientific and policy communities that brings information together and synthesizes and analyses it for decision making. IPBES is meant to address these gaps.
Global Environment Outlook (GEO)
UN ENVIRONMENT undertakes collaborative global and regional environmental assessments such as the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) report. Capacity building of scientific institutions in developing countries and countries with economies in transition is at the core of the scientific assessment process. Major Groups and other stakeholders play a central role in these assessments. The Global Environment Outlook is based on a network of more than 30 collaborating centers, many of which are universities, research institutes as well as individual scientists.
UN Environment has over the past 20 years examined a wealth of data, information, and knowledge about the global environment; identified potential policy responses, and provided an outlook for the future. The GEO assessments and their consultative and collaborative processes have worked to bridge the gap between science and policy by turning the best available scientific knowledge into information relevant for decision makers. http://web.unep.org/geo/
