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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Transformative Change and Nexus – key outcomes from IPBES Plenary in Namibia

Transformative Change and Nexus – key outcomes from IPBES Plenary in Namibia

By Tim Ammitzbøll GudkovJan 27, 2025
When the 11th IPBES Plenary concluded in December 2024, it was with important progress for global biodiversity, ecosystems and sustainability with the approval of two new and landmark reports, both predicted to have a major impact on the future green transition. Both reports will set the stage for a new symposium on February 19, 2025 in collaboration with Copenhagen Business School. Closer to transformative change The release of the latest global consensus reports from IPBES is the starting point for a new symposium on February 19, 2025 in Copenhagen in collaboration with Copenhagen Business School (CBS). Here, we explore how…
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Record-high Danish success rate in biodiversity projects on nature-based solutions

Record-high Danish success rate in biodiversity projects on nature-based solutions

By Tim Ammitzbøll GudkovDec 16, 2024
In the future, there is good reason to expect more proposals for nature-based solutions – an international call for research project applications recently saw record-high Danish participation. The European partnership Biodiversa+, with 83 partners from 41 countries, annually funds international biodiversity projects aimed at finding solutions to the biodiversity crisis. Recently, another call for applications was concluded with nature-based solutions as the theme, and with record-high Danish participation among the 34 winning projects. Among the 183 international applications, 25 percent had Danish participants, and a third of the projects that ended up being recommended for funding had Danish representation. This…
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Two groundbreaking reports on the table for understanding and addressing the biodiversity crisis.

Two groundbreaking reports on the table for understanding and addressing the biodiversity crisis.

By Lars DinesenDec 06, 2024
Next week, negotiations for the 11th IPBES Plenary Conference will begin in Windhoek, Namibia - the most pivotal IPBES conference since the Global Biodiversity Report was adopted in Paris in 2019. The special significance of the Plenary Conference is due to the fact that there are two major global reports being presented to representatives of approximately 150 governments in Windhoek, Namibia, both of which are predicted to have an impact far into the future as a basis for a better understanding of the green transition. The reports have been commissioned by the governments of each country, who will also be…
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IPBES receives prestigious award

IPBES receives prestigious award

By Lars DinesenJun 24, 2024
The prestigious Blue Planet Prize has just been awarded to IPBES for its collaborative efforts to protect Earth's fragile environment for posterity. The award puts IPBES in the company of Gro Harlem Brundtland, Jared Diamond and other notable individuals who have previously received the award. The global IPBES collaboration has been awarded the prestigious Blue Planet Prize by the Asahi Glass Foundation in Japan. Introduced in 1992, the prize is awarded to individuals or organizations that excel in outstanding science that contributes to finding solutions to global environmental problems. The award is given to help protect Earth's fragile environment for…
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Updated educational booklets on the biodiversity crisis coming soon

Updated educational booklets on the biodiversity crisis coming soon

By Lars DinesenApr 10, 2024
New editions of IPBES in Denmark's educational booklets on the biodiversity crisis will be available this summer, including new knowledge about Danish and global biodiversity and planetary boundaries. Most people have heard of the biodiversity crisis, but few have a comprehensive overview of its extent, causes and - not least - its solutions. With the ambition of putting the topic on the agenda in Danish secondary schools, a series of teaching materials were developed and published by IPBES in Denmark with support from Aage V. Jensen Naturfond in January 2022. The materials, which consist of three teaching booklets, a teacher's…
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