IPBES

Protecting profits and nature go hand in hand

Biodiversity

Protecting profits and nature go hand in hand

The COP17 UN Biodiversity Summit in Armenia later this year must push to accelerate nature in corporate transition planning, write WWF's Nicolas Poolen and CDP's Scott Twigg

clock 25 February 2026 • 3 min read
Businesses urged to align decision-making with 'environmental reality'

Biodiversity

Businesses urged to align decision-making with 'environmental reality'

Business leaders face calls to respond to escalating nature-related risks revealed by landmark report from the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

clock 10 February 2026 • 4 min read
'Scientific reality check': Businesses warned they 'risk extinction' as nature loss accelerates

Biodiversity

'Scientific reality check': Businesses warned they 'risk extinction' as nature loss accelerates

Landmark report from Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services warns continued failure to account for nature-related risks threatens catastrophic economic fallout

clock 09 February 2026 • 6 min read
IPBES-12 is a vital moment for nature and business - we must seize it

Biodiversity

IPBES-12 is a vital moment for nature and business - we must seize it

The new 'IPCC for biodiversity' presents an unmissable opportunity to position the UK at the head of a nature-positive transition, writes the RSPB's Katie-Jo Luxton

clock 03 February 2026 • 3 min read
Nations agree to set up new UN science policy panel on waste, chemicals, and pollution

Science

Nations agree to set up new UN science policy panel on waste, chemicals, and pollution

Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste and Pollution (ISP-CWP) aims to complete 'scientific trifecta' for the environment alongside the IPCC and IPBES

clock 23 June 2025 • 2 min read
How unaccounted for environmental costs are reaching 'at least $10tr-25tr per year'

Biodiversity

How unaccounted for environmental costs are reaching 'at least $10tr-25tr per year'

Landmark UN-backed report on ecosystem services warns biodiversity is declining at every level, with grave consequences for global economic and food security

clock 17 December 2024 • 5 min read
'Severe global threat': How invasive plant and animal species are costing economy $423bn a year

Biodiversity

'Severe global threat': How invasive plant and animal species are costing economy $423bn a year

Threat posed by invasive alien species to planet and society 'underappreciated, underestimated and often unacknowledged', according to new UN-backed report

clock 04 September 2023 • 6 min read
Global economic policy overlooks huge value of nature, UN experts warn

Biodiversity

Global economic policy overlooks huge value of nature, UN experts warn

IPBES research calls for science-based valuation of nature to be placed at the heart of economic decision-making in order to reverse the biodiversity crisis

clock 11 July 2022 • 5 min read

Science

Overlapping climate and nature crises must be tackled in tandem, UN panel warns

Landmark collaboration between UN science bodies warns that policies to date have failed to account for the interconnected nature of biodiversity loss and climate change

clock 10 June 2021 • 4 min read

Science

'Wake up call': Halting nature destruction key to avoiding pandemics, UN report finds

The world is now in an 'era of pandemics' due to nature loss and unsustainable economies, leading scientists warn

clock 29 October 2020 • 4 min read