Assessment: Policy, risks and responses
International and national environmental policy processes are underpinned by risk assessment that involves fundamental science of the kind produced by our lab. Our scientists are continuously engaged in international and national assessment teams like the IPCC, IPBES and regional and national efforts like the SADC climate change policy.
Resources
Pörtner et al. 2021. IPBES-IPCC co-sponsored workshop report on biodiversity and climate change; IPBES and IPCC.
IPBES. 2019. Summary for policymakers of the global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Díaz et al. (eds.). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. Foden, et al. 2019. ‘Chapter 5: Pressures and Drivers III – Climate Change’, in National Biodiversity Assessment 2018 Technical Report Volume 1: Terrestrial Realm. Skowno et al. (eds.). South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Skowno, et al. 2019. ‘Chapter 11: Responses to Pressures’ in National Biodiversity Assessment 2018 Technical Report Volume 1: Terrestrial Realm. Skowno, A.L., Raimondo, D.C., Poole, C.J., Fizzotti, B. & Slingsby, J.A. (eds.). South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Foden, W. B. 2017. IUCN’S Trait-Based Assessment of Climate Change Vulnerability of the World’s Birds and Amphibians: A Focus on the Amazon . In: Rodríguez L, Anderson I (eds.) The Lima Declaration on Biodiversity and Climate Change: Contributions from Science to Policy for Sustainable Development, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal, Canada, 62-68. Foden, W. B., & Young B. 2016. IUCN SSC Guidelines for Assessing Species’ Vulnerability to Climate Change, Langham Press, Gland, Switzerland. |