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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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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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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Transformative change takes center stage at University of Copenhagen

Transformative change takes center stage at University of Copenhagen

By Lars DinesenOct 15, 2024
If we are to tackle the biodiversity crisis, we need to adopt a completely different approach from the one we have used so far. Transformative change, and the seeds of such change, was the focus of a conference at the University of Copenhagen. 23 September, 2024. Read more and see the slides of the conference presentations below. If we want to solve the biodiversity crisis, it requires profound— or transformative — change. This demands doing things in ways that are radically different, rather than simply adjusting existing practices by doing a bit more or a bit less. Alongside the climate…
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