This report provides the summary of findings by the EKLIPSE ‘Expert Working Group analysing the links between the IPBES Global Assessment (GA) and its Summary for Policymakers (SPM). The Expert Working Group (EWG) was established based on a request by the European Commission, DG Environment, and tasked to provide materials for the negotiations ofthe IPBES GA SPM at IPBES-7 Plenary, Paris, 29 April –4 May 2019.