IPBES will organize a workshop focused on “modelling Nature Futures scenarios” and based on the Nature Futures Framework, planned for 12-15 January 2021. The Multidisciplinary Expert Panel invites Governments and other stakeholders to nominate experts to participate in this workshop by 16 November 2020. Interested experts wishing to be nominated by a Government are requested to fill out their application form by 9 November 2020. 

The objectives of this workshop are to introduce the Nature Futures Framework and help catalyse the development of scenarios and models for IPBES by communities that develop and apply models of different types, scales and domains relevant to biodiversity and ecosystem services.  The workshop will comprise about 30 experts and practitioners selected by the Multidisciplinary Expert Panel from the pool of experts nominated by Governments and stakeholders, as well as about 15 resource persons from organizations active in the modelling community.  The outcome of the workshop will be a workshop report that will support the catalysis of further development of scenarios and models for future IPBES assessments. 

Nominated experts should have recognized expertise related to a wide spectrum of models on biodiversity and ecosystem services across different scales and disciplines. Particular emphasis will be given to experts on models that represent multiple interactions between biodiversity, climate change, food, water, health and energy, and/or models that include multiple direct and indirect drivers that are key determinants of transformative change, with a view to supporting the nexus and transformative change assessments.

Click the button below to read the official call for complete details regarding nomination guidelines and requirements. The call is also posted on the IPBES website here. 

See the Official Call for Nominations

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