One million species face extinction: Why biodiversity report matters | Explained News, The Indian Express

One million species face extinction: Why biodiversity report matters | Explained News, The Indian Express

Tree stumps in Madagascar; result of deforestation and slash & burn farming. (Shutterstock.com)

What is IPBES

IPBES is a global scientific body very similar in composition and functioning to the better-known Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that makes periodic reviews of scientific literature to make projections about the earth’s future climate. IPCC’s assessment reports, which won it the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, form the scientific basis on which the international negotiations on climate change have been happening.

One million species at risk of extinction, need transformative changes: UN