Turning Insight into Action: How the IPBES Transformative Change Assessment Can Drive Real Change
Turning Insight into Action: How the IPBES Transformative Change Assessment Can Drive Real Change
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Co-Hosted by the Transformations Community, cCHANGE and SocSES
May 8th, 2025 | 17:00 – 18:30 CEST | Online Webinar
Join the Transformations Community, cCHANGE, and SocSES for a 90-minute interactive webinar on how organizations that connect science, policy, and action can help bring the IPBES Transformative Change Assessment (TCA) to life. Together, we’ll explore how these “boundary organizations” can turn key insights into real-world change.
This webinar is a pre-session leading up to the TC/ESG25 Conference in August 2025, where many of these discussions will continue.
Session Goals
Strengthen collaboration among leading boundary organizations to amplify the impact of the IPBES TCA.
Explore how science-policy-practice intermediaries can better coordinate efforts to drive systemic change.
Identify concrete actions that boundary organizations can take to support transformative change at scale.
Panelists & Facilitators
Karen O’Brien (cCHANGE) – Co-chair, IPBES Transformative Change Assessment
David Obura (IPBES Global Assessment) – Scientific Chair, IPBES
Fern Wickson (Chapter 1) – Professor of Ocean Leadership, The Arctic University of Norway
Sebastian Villasante (Chapter 2) – Professor of Economics, University of Santiago de Compostela
Lynne Shannon (Chapter 2) – Associate Professor, University of Cape Town
Oonsie Biggs (Chapter 3) – Professor and SARChI Chair, Stellenbosch University
Sergio Lambertucci (Chapter 4) –Researcher, National University of Comahue
Niki Frantzeskaki (Chapter 4) – Chair Professor, Utrecht University
Hannah Gosnell (Chapter 5, IPBES TCA) – Professor, Oregon State University
Bruce Goldstein (Transformations Community) – Expert in transformation networks, systems thinking, and participatory governance.