EU Presidency Conference: The food system, biodiversity and the NEXUS report in focus

By Rina Nidam MøllerDec 23, 2025
Photo: Green Solutions Center, Winnie Lund Klitgaard At the EU Presidency conference "Transformative governance for food systems and biodiversity", IPBES in Denmark focused on the Nexus report's messages and findings, as well as the link between biodiversity and the future food production. On December 3rd, IPBES Denmark participated in the EU Presidency Conference "Transformative governance for food systems and biodiversity" at the University of Copenhagen. The conference was held in conjunction with Denmark taking over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second half of 2025, and brought together policy makers, researchers and key stakeholders from…
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New expert statement coming soon!

By Rina Nidam MøllerOct 08, 2025
Last week, the first steps were taken towards a new IPBES expert statement on transformative change. The expert statement will be based on the global IPBES report from 2024 on the same topic and relate its key messages to a Danish context. On Thursday, October 2, the work on yet another IPBES expert statement officially began when the Danish IPBES office, together with the two future lead authors, Associate Professor Justine Grønbæk Pors from Copenhagen Business School and Professor Katherine Richardson from the University of Copenhagen, invited to the initial workshop for the statement. The upcoming expert statement will be…
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Climate Summit 2025: The Agreement on a Green Denmark and transformative change in Denmark

By Rina Nidam MøllerSep 10, 2025
Does the Agreement on a Green Denmark ensure transformative change in Denmark? This was the central question when IPBES Denmark hosted the panel debate “Transformative Change in Denmark” at this year’s Climate Summit. Recent international IPBES reports all call for profound societal, economic and technological transformative changes if we are to reverse not only the biodiversity crisis, but also the climate and pollution crises. This means that we must do things in a significantly different way, rather than simply doing a little more or less of what we already do. Achieving this requires an entirely different set of values and…
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The People’s Summit 2025: Focus on crises and solutions

By Rina Nidam MøllerJul 30, 2025
At the People’s summit, "Folkemødet", IPBES Denmark highlighted the value of biodiversity and emphasised the importance of adopting holistic solutions when tackling individual crises. The People’s Summit has once again drawn to a successful close, and at IPBES Denmark we reflect on several exciting and eventful days in Allinge. This year, we hosted two events highlighting the value of biodiversity and demonstrating how the biodiversity crisis is inseparably linked to global crises related to, among other things, climate change, food production, water quality and health. One unified crisis “In the past, work has often been done in silos when addressing…
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New expert statement on the values of biodiversity

By Rina Nidam MøllerJun 24, 2025
It's finally here! The long-awaited expert statement on the values of biodiversity is now available, and there is a lot of exciting stuff to dive into. Today, after a long period of anticipation, the new expert statement on the values of biodiversity has finally arrived. The statement is a collaboration between experts from six Danish universities and it is based on the global IPBES report on values published in 2022. The expert statement has been two years in the making, but now it presents 11 options for action aimed at inspiring Danish decision-makers and promoting a green transition in Denmark.…
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