PESC-RESPIN
The Pan-European Stakeholder Consultation (PESC) for the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is co-organised by the ECA Network, the RESPIN project, and Biodiversa+. The meeting took place in Brussels, Belgium, during the week of 10 March 2025.
This event brought together stakeholders, including National Focal Points, experts, and organisations working at the science-policy interface on biodiversity and climate change in Europe and Central Asia. It provided opportunities for networking and exchange on key topics related to engagement with IPBES and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
The programme involved:
- How to engage with IPBES and IPCC as a national focal point or experts. Existing support for National Focal Points and experts, best practices and strategies between knowledge holders and knowledge users, how to participate to the second IPBES Global Assessment;
- Uptake of IPBES assessments and IPCC reports. Example of successful uptakes at the national level, how to take into account IPCC AR6 and IPBES Nexus Assessment?;
- Interlinkages of biodiversity and climate change. Panel discussion and knowledge exchange between scientific communities;
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Poster session. Capacity building activities and projects, research on climate change and biodiversity, etc.
You can find on the RESPIN website the detailed programme, the event report and all the presentations and posters presented during the event.
