IPBES wins Blue Planet Prize

• 21 Jun 2024

Source: DTE

Recently, the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) won the Blue Planet Prize for 2024.

• IPBES was awarded as "the leading global authority on the state of knowledge and science about biodiversity, ecosystem services and nature's contributions to people".
  • The other awardee is Robert Costanza from the Institute for Global Prosperity, University College London, for his contributions to the field of ecological economics.
• About Blue Planet Prize:
  • It was established in 1992, the year of the Rio Earth Summit.
  • This award is given annually by Japan's Asahi Glass Foundation for outstanding achievements in scientific research and its application which have helped to solve global environmental problems.
  • Two winners are chosen every year and the prize includes an award of USD 500,000.
• About IPBES:

About	An independent intergovernmental body aimed at strengthening the science-policy interface for biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Established	In Panama City in 2012 by 94 Governments (including India) Currently has more than 145 Member States. Secretariat - Bonn, Germany.
Goal	To provide the best expertise from across all scientific disciplines and knowledge communities to provide policy-relevant knowledge and to catalyse the implementation of knowledge-based policies at all levels in government, the private sector and civil society.
Relations with UN	It is not a United Nations body, however, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) provides secretariat services to IPBES.

Read More: Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee: UNEP, Environmental Conventions (Climate Change).