Welcome to Manchester! 🏡
Dr. Luthando Dziba shares a warm welcome for all #IPBES12 attendees—marking his first Plenary session as Executive Secretary.
We look forward to exciting deliberations and valuable outcomes for 🧪🌍 #BizBiodiversity.
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We are very excited to be part of this amazing event in Manchester now for the #IPBES12, we are representing AbibiNsroma Foundation and we will be participating in several side events, let’s connect, collaborate, and work together for Business and Biodiversity Assessment is a groundbreaking effort to better understand how businesses depend on and impact nature, and why this matters for economies and societies worldwide. #BizBiodiversity
#IPBES12 Plenary Session Commences in Manchester
The twelfth plenary session of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) commenced this week in Manchester, UK, marking a historic first for the United Kingdom as a host of this influential global assembly. Bringing together more than 150 member governments, alongside Indigenous Peoples, local communities, stakeholders, and leading biodiversity experts, IPBES12 is poised…
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Voor iedereen die nu op IPBES zit of #ipbes12 volgt en informatie te delen heeft over business and Biodiversity - vertel het aan Tamar Stelling @decorrespondent
Plant Jockeys at the opening of #ipbes12! Mixing sound and videos, #photynthesis, #pollination and #growth. In former #manchester central station. Let's rave this party!
Highlights from the #IPBES12 Plenary Session (Feb 3-8) and the Launch of the Business & Biodiversity Report (Feb 9)
Governments, Scientists, and Biodiversity Leaders Convene in Manchester for Pivotal IPBES12 Plenary Session and Groundbreaking Business & Biodiversity Report Release The vibrant city of Manchester, renowned as the cradle of the Industrial Revolution, is set to become the epicenter of global biodiversity dialogue as it hosts the twelfth plenary session of…
"Engaging with nature is not optional for business—it is a necessity."
—Prof. Ximena Rueda Fajardo, Co-chair of the #BizBiodiversity Assessment.
Businesses depend on nature & contribute to its decline, so they have a critical role in stewardship.
Learn more: https://ipbes.canto.de/v/S4G7FJL670/album/HURAL?viewIndex=0
Biodiversity is rising fast on business & policy agendas (#WEF, #IPBES12), but the landscape is complex.
Today, we release a new toolkit of 3 guides on business & biodiversity: 1️⃣ mapping the landscape, 2️⃣ using data under uncertainty, and 3️⃣ sharing data responsibly.
👉 https://www.biodiversa.eu/the-business-biodiversity-toolkit/
The @ipbes #BizBiodiversity Assessment represents a groundbreaking effort to understand business dependencies and impacts on nature.
To learn more about the report that will be discussed at the #IPBES12 plenary: https://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
Discover the figures behind this milestone report ⬇️
The Business and Biodiversity Assessment looks at how economic activities both depend on and affect biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people.
Which aspect are you most curious about? 👀
More info about the #BizBiodiversity report set for approval at #IPBES12: ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
80 experts from 35 countries developed @ipbes #BizBiodiversity Assessment.
Their findings will be discussed at #IPBES12, which will be held at Manchester Central, a former railway station that once connected global trade and now connects science and policy #ForNature.
The programme for #IPBES12 #StakeholderDay is now available! 🌍
Join us: 2 Feb 2026 in Manchester, to explore collaboration & showcase IPBES uptake & impacts.
Learn more: https://www.ipbes.net/ipbes12/stakeholder-day
Warm festive wishes from the @ipbes Secretariat!
Our heartfelt thanks to the entire IPBES community for your continued dedication to strengthening the science–policy interface for people and nature.
Wishing you a peaceful and restorative festive season and looking forward to working together in the year ahead, as we prepare for #IPBES12.
📢 Join us for Stakeholder Day prior to #IPBES12 in Manchester, UK!
🗓️ 2 February 2026
🖼️ Showcase your IPBES-related projects with a poster!
🌍 Learn more and register for online and in-person participation by 2 January: https://www.ipbes.net/ipbes12/stakeholder-day
The UK will host #IPBES12 in Manchester from 3-8 February 2026.
This will be an opportunity for @IPBES members to discuss approval of the #BizBiodiversity Assessment, and an ambitious parallel programme will showcase UK initiatives in business innovation, science and nature.
In light of the exciting news that #IPBES12 will be hosted in Manchester in 2026, the UK’s Special Representative for Nature explains its importance.
“It’s a chance to demonstrate how we can turn knowledge into action – and action into investment.” - Ruth Davis
#BizBiodiversity #TurningScienceIntoAction #Defra #UKResearch
BREAKING
We are pleased to announce that the venue for #IPBES12 will be Manchester, as announced yesterday by Minister Mary Creagh.
Thank you to the UK Government and the city of Manchester, we look forward to launching the #BizBiodiversity Report in the UK in 2026!
It’s official!
The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland will host #IPBES12, which will be held from 3 to 8 February 2026. Additional info will be communicated in the coming weeks.
A heartfelt welcome to the Republic of #Poland, the newest member of the @IPBES family – strengthening the interface between biodiversity science & policy #ForNature.
Looking forward to working together for #IPBES12 and beyond!
