title: IPBES ≠ IPCC.
abstract: The characteristics of the physical science basis and mitigation of climate change lend themselves well to a science-policy interface focused on global assessment-the function of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). By contrast, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) needs three additional functions of knowledge generation, capacity-building, and policy support, in addition to traditional assessment, and the same is true for climate change adaptation. These functions are included in the work program for IPBES, but their total share of the budget, currently less than a third, is inadequate. For climate change adaptation they are delivered by mechanisms like the Nairobi Work Programme and the Adaptation Committee, which should similarly receive greater attention.
authors.affiliation: International Union for Conservation of Nature, 1196 Gland, Switzerland. Electronic address: t.brooks@iucn.org.
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.affiliation: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Washington, DC 20005, USA.
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Lamoreux
authors.affiliation: Biodiversity Research Center and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA; Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, Delegación Tlalpan, DF 14010, México.
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Soberón
mesh_terms: D044822:Biodiversity; D057231:Climate Change; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D017753:Ecosystem; D007391:International Cooperation; D011050:Policy Making
keywords: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services; assessment; capacity-building; knowledge generation; policy support