Overcoming the coupled climate and biodiversity crises and their societal impacts

HO Pörtner, RJ Scholes, A Arneth, DKA Barnes… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Earth's biodiversity and human societies face pollution, overconsumption of natural
resources, urbanization, demographic shifts, social and economic inequalities, and habitat …

Area-based conservation in the twenty-first century

SL Maxwell, V Cazalis, N Dudley, M Hoffmann… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Humanity will soon define a new era for nature—one that seeks to transform decades of
underwhelming responses to the global biodiversity crisis. Area-based conservation efforts …

Post-2020 biodiversity targets need to embrace climate change

A Arneth, YJ Shin, P Leadley, C Rondinini… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - pnas.org
Recent assessment reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and
the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services …

A global horizon scan of issues impacting marine and coastal biodiversity conservation

JE Herbert-Read, A Thornton, DJ Amon… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
The biodiversity of marine and coastal habitats is experiencing unprecedented change.
While there are well-known drivers of these changes, such as overexploitation, climate …

Change in terrestrial human footprint drives continued loss of intact ecosystems

BA Williams, O Venter, JR Allan, SC Atkinson… - One Earth, 2020 - cell.com
Human pressure map** is important for understanding humanity's role in sha** Earth's
patterns and processes. Our ability to map this influence has evolved, thanks to powerful …

Protected-area targets could be undermined by climate change-driven shifts in ecoregions and biomes

SZ Dobrowski, CE Littlefield, DS Lyons… - … Earth & Environment, 2021 - nature.com
Expanding the global protected area network is critical for addressing biodiversity declines
and the climate crisis. However, how climate change will affect ecosystem representation …

Global human influence maps reveal clear opportunities in conserving Earth's remaining intact terrestrial ecosystems

J Riggio, JEM Baillie, S Brumby, E Ellis… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Leading up to the Convention on Biological Diversity Conference of the Parties 15, there is
momentum around setting bold conservation targets. Yet, it remains unclear how much of …

Roles of the red list of ecosystems in the Kunming-Montreal global biodiversity framework

E Nicholson, A Andrade, TM Brooks, A Driver… - Nature Ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) of the UN Convention
on Biological Diversity set the agenda for global aspirations and action to reverse …

Scientific foundations for an ecosystem goal, milestones and indicators for the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

E Nicholson, KE Watermeyer, JA Rowland… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
Despite substantial conservation efforts, the loss of ecosystems continues globally, along
with related declines in species and nature's contributions to people. An effective ecosystem …

Integrate biodiversity targets from local to global levels

DO Obura, Y Katerere, M Mayet, D Kaelo, S Msweli… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Decisions to be made at the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the Convention on
Biological Diversity (CBD) will shape biodiversity conservation approaches for the next 30 …