The science community in the origins and future of the IPBES Hal Mooney Ecological Society of America August 9, 2012
The science community in the origins and future of the IPBES
Hal Mooney
Ecological Society of America
August 9, 2012
A test run of this presentation to an enraptured group of leaders
IPBES-Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
The variants on pronunciation—one delegate
used all three in one sentence in a presentation
I P BES
IP BES
I P B E S
Getting the knowledge needed--DIVERSITAS Assessing the knowledge in terms of global change consequences--ASSESSMENT HISTORY Better interface with the policy community--IPBES
Issues to be covered
Focused projects on critical biodiversity science issues Open Science Conferences Policy-Science interactions
DIVERSITAS
A Voice for Science in the Policy and Funding Realm
Early motivations--- 1) Addressing the green scum issue
2) Providing one-stop shopping for the policy community
3) Providing a platform for international cooperation among
biodiversity scientists
Phase 1 (1991-2000): Bringing the community together Phase 2 (2001-2010): An international framework for biodiversity science bioGENESIS, bioDISCOVERY, ecoSERVICES, bioSUSTAINABILITY, agroBIODIVERSITY, ecoHEALTH and freshwaterBIODIVERSITY Phase 3 (2011-2020): Biodiversity and ecosystem services science for a sustainable planet
DIVERSITAS—An international program of biodiversity science
Dr Anne Larigauderie Executive Director Dr Anne –Hélène Prieur-
Richard Deputy Director,
Prof Georgina Mace Chair, SC
Chairs of the DIVERSITAS projects, Representatives from each of the Sponsors (UNESCO, ICSU, IUBS, SCOPE) Representative of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Representative of the Intergovernmental science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), Representative of the Global Earth Observation Biodiversity Observing Network (GEO BON), Chairs of the global environmental change programmes: Earth System Science Partnership - ESSP, International Human Dimensions Programme on global environmental change - IHDP, International Geosphere-Biosphere programme - IGBP, and World Climate research Programme - WCRP), and The DIVERSITAS Executive Director
Composition of the Scientific Committee of DIVERSITAS
US National Committee for DIVERSITAS
Margaret Collins, Executive Director, extraordinaire Lynelle Vidale, Program Associate
National Committees interface the international program with the national science policy community as well as the international governing bodies for global change programs
1995
2005
Assessment IPBES precursors
Biodiversity: Science &
Governance
• Paris declaration on biodiversity
• Call by the French President for a new international mechanism for biodiversity “similar to IPCC”, for climate (Jan 05)
• Call supported by the DIVERSITAS Oaxaca declaration (Nov 05)
• Launch of a consultation on a new International Mechanism of Scientific Expertise on Biodiversity (IMoSEB; Feb 06, ISC meeting, Paris)
Some of the players at the conference
Michele Loreau was chair of the scientific organizing committee for the Paris meeting as well as chair of DIVERSITAS
Charles Perrings, Arizona State University. Member of DIVERSITAS. Tireless supporter of IPBES process. Particularly pushed the concept of horizon scanning
Nature 442, 245-246 (20 July 2006) “Diversity without representation”
“For policymakers, biodiversity can present more complex challenges than climate change, argue Michel Loreau, Alfred Oteng-Yeboah and their co-authors. So why isn't there an international panel of experts for biodiversity?”
Didier Hoffschir, Ministry of Research and Education/Anne Larigauderie, DIVERSITAS
IMOSEB. International mechanism of scientific expertise on biodiversity (IMoSEB) Consultations • Montreal, Canada. January, 2007 • Yaounde, Cameroon. March, 2007 • Bejing, China. September, 2007 • Bariloche, Argentina. October, 2007 • Alotau, Papua New Guinea. October, 2007 • Montpellier, France. November, 2007 (final
steering committee meeting)
• First meeting of international steering committee, Paris, February, 2006
• Second meeting, Paris, December, 2006 Background document prepared for consultations
Anantha Duraiappah—Executive Director of the International Human Dimensions Program. Played a key role in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and the MA Follow-up as well as in the development of IPBES
Led the initial MA Follow up initiative for UNEP
Specific recommendations from the MA follow-up partners and the IMoSEB consultation for the intergovernmental science-policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services include:
a) Influence the Scientific Research Agenda: assessments of changes in the biosphere at multiple scales
b) Policy Support
c) Horizon Scanning d) Capacity Building
Outcome of MA follow-up and IMoSEB discussions delivered to CBD in May, 2008
UNEP/CBD/COP/9/INF/26 26 April 2008
Ad Hoc Intergovernmental and Multi-stakeholder Meetings on IPBES Putrajaya, Maylasia. November, 2008, Nairobi, Kenya. 2009, Busan, Korea. June, 2010 Plenaries of IPBES Nairobi, Kenya. October, 2011 Panama City, Panama. April, 2012
As the years go by
IPBES Kuala
Lumpur, Nov 08
Scientists participating in the 1st ad hoc meeting. In the center is a Brazilian diplomat who was very effective
Further input from the science community in the development of IPBES
Workshops hosted by governments and UNESCO and UNU to insure scientific inputs. These resulted in information documents for the intergovernmental process: 1) Knowledge Generation. Hosted by UNESCO and the US Anne Larigauderie and Doug Beard were organizers 2) Assessment structure. Hosted by UNU and the Japanese and South African Governments Anantha Duriaiappah and Hal Mooney were organizers
US Delegation at Panama. 2nd Plenary meeting. In back Doug Beard of USGS and Jeff Herrick USDA. In center, Christine Dawson, Chief negotiator
The political process moves very slowly
The Issues
1) Do we really need a new assessment process
2) Should it serve the CBD only 3) How critical is the capacity building
initiative 4) Who votes 5) Implementing agency--UN involvement 6) Home of the Secretariat
• Scientifically independent. Credible, relevant and legitimate.
• Policy-relevant but not policy-prescriptive.
• Recognize regional contexts and needs
• Full and effective participation of developing countries
• Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approach
• Respect the contribution of indigenous and local knowledge
• Address terrestrial, marine and inland water biodiversity and
ecosystem services and their interactions.
Busan Principles
Our Loss
Multi-stakeholder Plenary
Resolution: “We, the representatives of the Governments listed hereunder, assembled on the occasion of the second session of the plenary meeting to determine modalities and institutional arrangements for an IPBES (…) Decide to establish an independent intergovernmental body to be known as the IPBES”
IPBES established on 21 Apr. 2012!
Policy makers, stakeholders
Policy support
Assessments
Requests for information to the Plenary
Capacity building
Scientific & funding communities
Catalysing knowledge generation
gaps
1
2
3
4
Agreed--IPBES will have 4 functions
GEO BON
Mexico saves the day (actually the entire agreement and seven years of work) “delegates owe progress to Mexico who diplomatically circumvented the impasse by proposing another interim task—namely, that the first session of the IPBES “will decide on the link with the UN system.” (where a simple majority vote will prevail) This compromise allowed the plenary to adopt its final resolution and declare IPBES established”
www.iisd.ca/vol16/enb16104e.html
Jose Sarukhan, hero
Former Chair, SC, DIVERSITAS
What’s next and what you can do
Members of the platform are invited to propose
appropriate candidates for officers and members of
the Platform’s Bureau and Multidisciplinary Expert
Panel (MEP)-- not later than 30th September 2012
Governments are invited to submit to the comments and
suggestions on those rules of procedure for meetings
of the plenary and operations of the Platform that
were not either agreed or considered in Panama by
August 16, 2012
Invited submissions by governments by August 16, 2012:
Capacity Building Needs and Activities Views on how requests to the Platform’s plenary might be received and prioritized by the Platform Views on the process that should be followed for scoping assessments and other activities of the Platform once they have been prioritized by the plenary
What’s next--continued
Documents to be provided by the Interim Secretariat for consideration at the next Plenary: Draft Conceptual Framework—During September, 2012 A draft background information document, highlighting options for regional structures for the MEP drawing on biogeographic regions will be made available for review online during September 2012,
Our Community made it all happen
Transition to Future Earth
DIVERSITAS projects’ chairs (1)
Tetsukazu Yahara, Kyushu University, Japan Co-chair of SC-bioGENESIS
Dan Faith, Australian Museum, Australia Co-chair of SC-bioGENESIS
Shahid Naem, Colombia University USA Chair of SC-ecoSERVICES
Paul Leadley, Université Paris-Sud, France Chair of SC-bioDISCOVERY
DIVERSITAS projects’ chairs (2)
Thomas Elmqvist, Stockholm University, Sweden Co-chair of SC-bioSUSTAINABILITY
Peter Daszak, ecoHEALTH Alliance USA Chair of SC-ecoHEALTH
Christian Körner, Basel University, Switzerland Chair of SC-GMBA
DIVERSITAS projects’ chairs (3)
Lijbert Brussaard, Wageningen University, The Netherlands Co-chair of SC-agroBIODIVERSITY
Louise E. Jackson, University of California USA Co-chair of SC-agroBIODIVERSITY