The Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) issued a scoping report for a thematic assessment of the underlying causes of biodiversity loss and the determinants of transformative change required to address it.

The scoping report highlights that the need for rapid transformative change, which it defines as a “fundamental, system-wide reorganization across technological, economic and social factors, including paradigms, goals and values,” became apparent during the COVID-19 pandemic.