EKLIPSE Call for Experts

31 January 2019

EKLIPSE is inviting experts to join an expert working group to support the negotiators from the EU and its Member States to provide relevant comment on the IPBES Global assessment Summary for Policy-Makers (SPM).

In May 2019, the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) will hold its 7th Plenary Session. During this meeting, representatives of 130 Governments will be presented, for discussion and possible approval, with a definitive new global synthesis of the state of nature, ecosystems and nature’s contributions to people.

EKLIPSE is inviting experts to join an expert working group to support the negotiators from the EU and its Member States to provide relevant comment on the IPBES Global assessment Summary for Policy-Makers (SPM). The Summary for Policy Makers is one the main outputs of such intergovernmental science policy processes, as it is the one document with the most policy relevance. It is critical in that it contains the main policy elements referenced to in the assessment report.

Read the full call text and apply before 6th February 2019.

Apply at www.eklipse‐mechanism.eu