Susanne Arvidsson selected as Coordinating Lead Author (CLA) for IPBES Business and Biodiversity assessment
IPBES, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, performs regular assessments of knowledge on biodiversity and ecosystem services and how they are interlinked. In the fall of 2023, the next assessment on Business and Biodiversity will start and be prepared over two and a half years. Susanne Arvidsson, Programme Director Mistra BIOPATH, will co-lead the work on Chapter five titled “Businesses as key actors of change: options for action by business”.
Chapter five will address the role and responsibility of businesses in contributing to transformative change and sustainable development to achieve the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity. It will describe the motivations of, and challenges and opportunities faced by businesses in different sectors, including the financial sector, when taking action.
“I am excited to be given the opportunity to contribute to the great work done by IPBES in promoting the halting and reversing of biodiversity loss. Both businesses and the financial system are key actors in enabling transformative change and sustainable development. I hope my experience will be valuable for supporting businesses in adopting new efficient approaches to integrate biodiversity considerations in their financial decision making”, says Susanne Arvidsson.
The whole assessment will categorise the dependencies and impacts of business and financial institutions on biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people, which incorporates ecosystem services and other analogous concepts, including in relation to Indigenous Peoples and local communities. It will assess methods for measuring direct dependencies and impacts and, where appropriate, indirect dependencies and impacts, and will assess options for actions by businesses and by others, including Governments, the financial sector, Indigenous Peoples and local communities, and civil society that interact with business.
About IPBES assessments in the 2030 work programme
Nexus assessment: A thematic assessment of the interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food and health in the context of climate change
Work on biodiversity and climate change: A technical paper on the interlinkage between biodiversity and climate change
Transformative change assessment: A thematic assessment of the underlying causes of biodiversity loss and the determinants of transformative change and options for achieving the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity
Business and biodiversity assessment: A methodological assessment of the impact and dependence of business on biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people