New Straits Times
October 11, 2020
Several members of the biodiversity community were abuzz last week with news that IPBES, the Intergovernmental Platform on Science-Policy Advice on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, was being considered for this year's Nobel Peace Prize (NPP), nominated by a senior German government minister and others.
On Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced an extremely deserving winner from within the UN family, the World Food Programme (WFP).
But when one looks at the history of the NPP, I believe there's a very good chance IPBES, which today is just eight years into existence, will be recognised in similar fashion one day.