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IPBES Nexus assessment urges integrated, actionable solutions linking biodiversity, food, water, health and climate

5394807 · July 15, 2025
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IPBES co‑chair Pamela McElwee summarized the Nexus assessment’s three main messages: systemic problems require integrated solutions already available, capacity for interdisciplinary assessments must expand, and assessment processes should include Indigenous and early‑career researchers.

Pamela McElwee, co‑chair of the IPBES Nexus assessment, presented the assessment’s conclusion that biodiversity, food, water, health and climate challenges are interconnected and that many integrated solutions already exist and can be implemented now.

McElwee said the assessment team included 165 scientists from more than 60 countries and that the report—scoped in 2019 and approved by member governments…

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