Thread by @StephenWoroniec

Ok here goes: The IPBES global assessment called for Transformative action to confront the nature crisis. Protection and making the economic case didn't feature highly as solutions.

So why is @IPBES working on behalf of an org that advocates these actions, these discourses?

There is a lot to say about power when a scientific organisation turns away from the transformative implications of its own scientific synthesis.

From the GA "indirect drivers of [biodiversity loss] – which are in turn underpinned by societal
values and behaviours that include production and consumption patterns, human population dynamics and trends, trade, technological innovations and local through global governance"

"Economic incentives have generally favoured expanding economic activity, and often
environmental harm.. Incorporating the multiple values of ecosystem functions and of nature’s contribution to people... has been shown to permit better ecological, economic and social
outcomes"

"Nature managed by indigenous peoples and local communities is under increasing pressure.
Nature is generally declining less rapidly in indigenous peoples’ land than in other lands, but is
nevertheless declining, as is the knowledge of how to manage it."

"At least a quarter of the global
land area is traditionally owned, managed,3 used or occupied by indigenous peoples."

"Goals for conserving and sustainably using nature and achieving
sustainability cannot be met by current trajectories, and goals for 2030 and
beyond may only be achieved through transformative changes4 across
economic, social, political and technological factors"

"Transformations towards sustainability are more likely when efforts are directed at the
following key leverage points, where efforts yield exceptionally large effects: (1)
visions of a good life; (2) total consumption and waste; (3) values and action; (4) inequalities;

(5) justice and inclusion in conservation; (6) externalities and telecouplings; (7) technology,
innovation and investment; and (8) education and knowledge generation and sharing.

My argument is that IPBES *should* be building on the transformative implications of its own Global Assessment, not reifying the most damaging aspects of the status quo.

You don't have to agree with me, but we should be questioning these things!