Talking Transformation will lead the methodology for the Trialogues which provide a unique, safe and creative space for understanding the ecological crisis and working out how to do things differently. The UNDP Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net) programme works to build capacity among all sectors to understand and take action on the results of some of the most far-reaching global assessments of Nature and its contri

butions to our economies, livelihoods and health. Working together with IPBES Inter-Governmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Talking Transformation will ensure that the global results are locally relevant and that local voices and knowledge feed into decision-making too.

BES-Net Phase II will be implemented in alignment with the IPBES Work Programme and contribute particularly to the platform’s Capacity-Building Rolling Plan. The initiative will support evidence-based policymaking, strategic planning and the implementation of transformative solutions for BES protection in 18 countries. It will also upscale methodologies and approaches tested under BES-Net Phase I, by extending the National Ecosystem Assessment support in four new countries and facilitating dialogues in 40 countries around the new global BES thematic assessments to be produced by IPBES.
“It is very timely to transform BES-Net from Phase I to more action-oriented Phase II in 2020, as we are going into a ‘biodiversity super year’”, said Anne Juepner, Director of the UNDP Global Policy Centre on Resilient Ecosystems and Desertification and Manager of the BES-Net initiative. “Nature is increasingly seen as one of the most effective ways to tackle a myriad of socio-environmental challenges and achieving sustainable development goals. In close partnership with UNEP-WCMC and UNESCO, we will support the countries to ensure that their effort towards nature-based solutions and commitment in implementing the post-2020 global biodiversity framework is underpinned by the best scientific evidence and the wealth of indigenous and local knowledge.”