The project starting

New research and innovation project BIONEXT creates novel science-based solutions and tools for halting biodiversity loss and achieving sustainable, nature-centered future and societies.

1st workshop: visioning nature-centered Europe

In a May workshop in Greece, stakeholders from different backgrounds such as research, policy, activism, and businesses, created scenarios and visions of what a nature-centered Europe looks like in the year 2050.

Collection of over 1,000 biodiversity case studies

We’ve collected a critical mass of case studies from around the globe, all indicating transformative change.

Understanding and strengthening the concept of transformative change

Our researchers dug deep into this idea of transformative change and how it connects the biodiversity nexus. They reviewed 118 scientific papers focusing on transformative change created in scientific communities working on the nexus elements of water, food, energy, transport, biodiversity, climate and/or health.

Poilcy Brief

The results and recommendations from the project are now summarized in a policy brief!

A review of the nexus interlinkages

The scientific paper on the review of nexus interlinkages reviews past and present interlinkages among climate change, water, food, energy, transport and health through their relationship with biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people.

Report on final exploratory scenarios and desirable visions

The report on final exploratory scenarios and desirable visions clarifies the development of a set of exploratory scenarios covering a range of plausible futures for Europe that are likely to show both positive and negative impacts on biodiversity over the short (2030), medium (2050) and long-term (2100). The scenarios will include internally consistent projections of both indirect and direct drivers of biodiversity loss.

2nd workshop: just transition pathways

In our second workshop with stakeholders, we formulate just transition pathways.

Network of Knowledge is established and working

The Network of Knowledge is based on existing relevant networks and knowledge-holders from the non-scientific community

Documents and databases for IPBES assessments

"Documents and databases for IPBES assessments are collected by engaging with the relevant bodies of IPBES at the global and national levels to identify a process and timeline for the provision of materials from the BIONEXT project,
specifically for the IPBES Assessments on the Nexus and Transformative Change. "

3rd workshop: Identifying additional actions to enrich the transition pathways

This workshop focuses on identifying additional actions to enrich the pathways (i) where vision elements are distant from achieving the desired outcomes; (ii) that avoid/minimise any likely trade-offs, or enhance any synergies/opportunities; and (iii) that are critical for unlocking the transformative capacity of the relevant actors who have agency in implementing the pathways.

Multi-criteria decision-support module

The module provides practical guidance and best practices for applying MCDA methods and tools providing support for participating the stakeholders and for understanding the problem as a whole on the basis of structured learning of the other stakeholders’ preferences.

Policy brief

BIONEXT's results and recommendations in a summarized format.

Final workshop: synthesis of the project outputs and guidance to transformative change

The fourth workshop presents a synthesis of the project outputs, The BIONEXT Pathways App will be demonstrated to the potential users, and the draft Guidance to facilitate transformative change towards improved conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services will be presented and discussed. The workshop brings together the methods and outcomes from the project into a set of building blocks that can be used by stakeholders to create their own just transition pathways specific to their geographic, social and cultural context.

Guidance to facilitate transformative change

Guidance to facilitate the transformative change will be co-created to support the facilitation of transformative change towards improved conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services within Europe.

Pathways-app

BIONEXT develops a new and ground-breaking decision support tool in the form of a software application. The Pathways app allows diverse users to explore transformational building blocks. The building blocks can then be used to formulate policies, strategies, and implementation pathways.

Policy brief

BIONEXT's results and recommendations in a summarized format.

The project ending

The BIONEXT project ends but its legacy will continue to live through all the results, recommendations, tools and materials we have produced and disseminated. In practice, BIONEXT continues to live on Oppla's website.