Quickly read the ESA text at the link you gave (largely our press release) but could not find the allusion to the polar regions.
The implementation of known, proven actions to combat land degradation & thereby transform the lives of millions of people across the planet will become more difficult & costly over time. Launched report @IPBES on land degradation and restoration goo.gl/YZnjrV
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To support the assessments of the @IPBES, the IPBES Expert Group on Scenarios and Models is carrying out an intercomparison of biodiversity and ecosystem services models using harmonized scenarios (BES-SIM). bit.ly/2qGKJIG @nlenvironagency @idiv
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REGISTER NOW: for the external review for the 2nd drafts of the chapters & the 1st draft of the Summary for Policymakers of the @IPBES global assessment of #biodiversity and #ecosystemservices . View the email in the 6 UN languages and register here: goo.gl/gGWJCB
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Timely action to avoid, reduce and reverse land degradation can increase food and water security, can contribute substantially to the adaptation and mitigation of climate change and could contribute to the avoidance of conflict and migration. @IPBES report goo.gl/YZnjrV
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'Business as Usual' will see #ClimateChange become the fastest growing driver of #biodiversity loss in the Americas by 2050! This and more in the @IPBES #RegionalAssessment: goo.gl/PYGbr9 @nytimes @washingtonpost @CNN @UNFCCC @IPCC_CH
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(5) Feel free to also engage directly with IPBES through more than just social media - register as a Stakeholder: ipbes.net/stakeholders or get Cifor or any other organisation you are affiliated to to nominate you as an expert
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(4) The possibility of crisis - even one that seems increasingly likely on the basis of scenarios planning - is a far cry from "predictions of catastrophe". The same headlines you quote also make it very clear - humanity still has options
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(3) If you'd like to contribute to the process in place of sideline commentary feel free to join any of the open periods of eternal public review of the @IPBES global assessment - the next one just opened: goo.gl/bf3SNd
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(2) Your unease is noted - but was not shared by any of the 550+ leading global experts who authored the reports or any of the representatives of the 129 member States who unanimously adopted them last week
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(1) To learn about the 25+ phases of the 3-year IPBES assessment process click here: goo.gl/L7J8pG - the SPMs are the 20-30 page summaries of 500-600 page reports which will be released in full later this year
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Not sure how much easier we can make this - it's the first item on our feature marquee on the website: ipbes.net/outcomes and yes - no prediction of catastrophe - scientfic scenario modelling complete with policy options to mitigate.
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#Biodiversity in #AsiaPacific faces unprecedented threats: climate change to invasive species, agricultural intensification, waste and pollution. Read more: goo.gl/TjEKQR @UNEnvironmentAP
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Africa's biodiversity is extremely vulnerable to the effects of #climatechange - by the year 2100 the continent could lose more than 50% of its bird and mammal species! Read more: goo.gl/T552LZ @UNFCCC @IPCC_CH
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Impacting policy certainly - but influencing policy is not within the IPBES mandate - policy relevance never policy prescription
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(A) IPBES is an independent intergovernmental platform - not part of the U.N. (B) if you read the reports instead of just the media you’d see there are no predictions of catastrophe - but options offered to avoid them (C) but why let facts get in the way of a good rant right?
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Avoiding, reducing and reversing #LandDegradation is an urgent priority to protect all life on Earth - read about the newly-approved @IPBES report: goo.gl/uZScdE
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Read the Summary for Policymakers - it's all in there. nitter.vloup.ch/Firiripa/status/…
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