This report explores the interconnected crises and challenges of biodiversity loss, water availability and quality, food insecurity, health risks, and climate change, focusing on their interlinkages. It assesses current and future trends, emphasizing biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people. The report also examines response options and governance strategies to promote coordinated decision-making, minimize trade-offs, and support transformative change toward sustainable futures.
The Thematic Assessment Report on Interlinkages Among Biodiversity, Water, Food and Health
Author(s)
Pamela McElwee, Paula A. Harrison, Tiff van Huysen, Virginia Alonso Roldán, Edmundo Barrios, Purnamita Dasgupta, Fabrice DeClerck, Zuzana V. Harmáčková, David T. S. Hayman, Mario Herrero, Ritesh Kumar, Debora Ley, Diana Mangalagiu, Rosemary A. McFarlane, Craig Paukert, Walter Alberto Pengue, Paula Ribeiro Prist, Taylor Ricketts, Mark Rounsevell, Osamu Saito, Odirilwe Selomane, Ralf Seppelt, Pramod K. Singh, Nadia Sitas, Pete Smith, James Vause, Ernest Lytia Molua, Carlos Zambrana-Torrelio and David Obura.
Publication Date
16 December 2024
Publisher
ipbes
DOI / URL
Resource Type
International Organization Report
Systems Addressed
Climate • Earth System • Food • Health
Resource Theme
Learning resource • Systemic Risk