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<p>The twelfth session of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-12), held in Manchester, UK (February 2026), marked a turning point in the platform’s trajectory. Notably, it was the first plenary without the participation of a founding member (the USA) and the first session in which no new assessments were launched due to budgetary constraints. The sole assessment accepted, with the Summary for Policy Makers (SPM) approved, during IPBES-12 was the Business and Biodiversity Assessment. That assessment examined the impacts and dependencies of businesses on biodiversity, outlines pathways toward sustainability, and proposed metrics to track progress. While the scientific basis of the assessment remained uncontested, negotiations regarding the summary proceeded slowly, requiring ~ 45&#xa0;h of line-by-line discussions before consensus was reached in the final hours of the session. The approved SPM emphasized the need to create an enabling environment for businesses to drive transformative change, reinforcing IPBES’ recurring call for systemic shifts to reverse biodiversity loss. This report adds to 13 previous IPBES assessments that all provide unequivocal evidence of humanity’s unsustainable trajectory and the urgent need for transformative action.</p>

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Business-as-usual will run business and biodiversity in a wall: The Twelfth plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services (IPBES-12)

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    2026年5月11日

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  • Peter Bridgewater,
  • Philippe Grandcolas,
  • Dirk S. Schmeller

摘要

The twelfth session of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-12), held in Manchester, UK (February 2026), marked a turning point in the platform’s trajectory. Notably, it was the first plenary without the participation of a founding member (the USA) and the first session in which no new assessments were launched due to budgetary constraints. The sole assessment accepted, with the Summary for Policy Makers (SPM) approved, during IPBES-12 was the Business and Biodiversity Assessment. That assessment examined the impacts and dependencies of businesses on biodiversity, outlines pathways toward sustainability, and proposed metrics to track progress. While the scientific basis of the assessment remained uncontested, negotiations regarding the summary proceeded slowly, requiring ~ 45 h of line-by-line discussions before consensus was reached in the final hours of the session. The approved SPM emphasized the need to create an enabling environment for businesses to drive transformative change, reinforcing IPBES’ recurring call for systemic shifts to reverse biodiversity loss. This report adds to 13 previous IPBES assessments that all provide unequivocal evidence of humanity’s unsustainable trajectory and the urgent need for transformative action.