The IPBES assessment on transformative change: how can we transform our societies to live in harmony with nature?

Last December, during its^11th plenary session in Namibia, IPBES adopted the report on the thematic assessment of transformative changes. The University of Montpellier, which has hosted the technical support unit in charge of this assessment since 2022, is organizing a morning of roundtable discussions to present the report's conclusions, in the presence of the authors and interdisciplinary researchers from the Montpellier site.

The aim of this morning session will be to present the main scientific findings on the urgent need to transform our societies in order to respond to the biodiversity crisis, the various strategies proposed, the roles that each and every one of us (policy makers, private actors and the general public) must play to promote these transformations, and the knowledge needs in relation to research. Although IPBES reports are increasingly covered in the media, the platform remains little known to the general public (it is sometimes referred to as the "IPCC of biodiversity") and applications from French experts to participate in thematic assessments are rare. This half-day event will also be an opportunity to (re)discover the importance of participating in the work of IPBES, the various ways in which contributions can be made, and to share feedback from authors and the technical support unit on this experience.

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