IPBES on the public radar screen “The impacts are what matter
for climate change - flooding of deltas, drought, heat in the
city, not the fact that the temperature rises. When biodiversity
is concerned, it is a fairly unexplored topic," thinks Lucien
Chabason from the Institute for Sustainable Development and
International Relations (IDDRI), one of the experts quoted in
the recent media article on the IPBES establishment. The AFP
article published in the French media explains the need for
IPBES for a larger audience and highlights the opinions of a
number of experts, including those from IUCN Members. So far
there has been very little media interest in this new platform,
which has mostly communicated to experts. National consultations
are just starting to raise attention of the scientific
communities around the world, while the public interest in IPBES
is also slowly growing.