Groundbreaking assessment highlights the importance of an integrated approach to climate change, biodiversity, food, water, and human health

DeClerck, F. 2024. Groundbreaking assessment highlights the importance of an integrated approach to climate change, biodiversity, food, water, and human health. Montpellier, France: CGIAR.

The IPBES Assessment Report on the Interlinkages Among Biodiversity, Water, Food and Health (and Climate) – known as the Nexus Report – was officially approved by 147 countries on 16 December 2024. This milestone marks the culmination of efforts to which NEXUS Gains, and before it the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE), have contributed substantially since 2019. The assessment focuses on more than 70 solutions available to policy makers, including managing ecosystem function in agricultural landscapes; reducing nutrient, plastic, and pesticide pollution; and shifting to sustainable healthy diets.