Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

7-2022

Abstract

Transformative governance is key to addressing the global environmental crisis. We explore how transformative governance of complex biodiversity–climate–society interactions can be achieved, drawing on the first joint report between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services to reflect on the current opportunities, barriers, and challenges for transformative governance. We identify principles for transformative governance under a biodiversity–climate– society nexus frame using four case studies: forest ecosystems, marine ecosystems, urban environments, and the Arctic. The principles are focused on creating conditions to build multifunctional interventions, integration, and innovation across scales; coalitions of support; equitable approaches; and positive social tipping dynamics. We posit that building on such transformative governance principles is not only possible but essential to effectively keep climate change within the desired 1.5 degrees Celsius global mean temperature increase, halt the ongoing accelerated decline of global biodiversity, and promote human well-being

Keywords

Climate change, global biodiversity loss, transformative governance, society, IPBES, IPCC

Discipline

Environmental Law | Law

Research Areas

Public Interest Law, Community and Social Justice

Publication

BioScience

Volume

72

Issue

7

First Page

684

Last Page

704

ISSN

0006-3568

Identifier

10.1093/biosci/biac031

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biac031

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