中国三位受邀专家之一！宁诺学者参与撰写国际生物多样性专题评估报告

Please scroll down for the English version - UNNC academic participates as lead author of IPBES Nexus assessment .

随着极端天气和自然灾害的频繁出现，应对气候变化和保护生物多样性越来越受到社会各界的广泛关注。

近期，宁波诺丁汉大学建筑与建筑环境系助理教授谢林君博士受到生物多样性和生态系统服务政府间科学政策平台（IPBES）的邀请，以主要作者的身份参与撰写关于“生物多样性、水、粮食和健康之间相互联系”的专题评估报告，为决策者制定政策提供关键信息。

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Linjun

XIE

谢林君博士长期致力于城市可持续性转型与环境治理研究，其科研成果屡获国际社会的认可。

2017年，还是宁诺在读博士生的谢林君就因参与国际合作研究项目——“促进绿色经济发展的智慧生态城市：中欧比较研究”荣获德国联邦教研部授予的“绿色精英”奖，成为全球25名青年科研人员中最年轻的获奖者。

2020年，由她主要撰写的研究报告提出了城市生物多样性的治理框架，被欧盟区域委员会的相关政策意见所引用和参考。

2021年，她受邀为英国社会科学院撰写第26届联合国气候变化大会的相关简报。同年，谢林君受全球著名科学期刊《自然》杂志的专访，为城市生态保护和可持续发展提出见解及建议。

作为此次受邀的三名中国专家之一，谢林君博士将与来自全球50多个国家的150余位专家及学者一起评估自然生态系统和社会经济系统之间的紧密联系，并探索社会政策对水与食物安全、人类健康、气候、生物多样性、可持续发展等方面的影响，从而为相关政策的制定提供充分的科学依据。

“这是一个有着重大意义而又具有挑战性的项目。”谢林君博士进一步补充道，“中国是《生物多样性公约》第十五次缔约方大会主办国，在推动制定《2020年后全球生物多样性框架》的进程中发挥着重要的作用。我希望我的研究不仅能为我国生物多样性目标的实现及生态宜居城市的建设做出贡献，也能助力全球的可持续发展进程，以实现‘人类命运共同体’和‘地球生命共同体’的构建。”

从宁诺学子到宁诺硕博导师 ，谢博士始终躬行实践、笃志力行，以不同的身份坚守着促进绿色发展的初心。谢博士表示： “我希望能把知识和经验分享给更多的宁诺学子，激发他们的潜能、与他们共同进步，鼓励他们为解决全球性的环境和社会问题做出贡献。”

获知谢林君博士受邀参与IPBES专题评估报告，宁波诺丁汉大学科研及知识交流副校长周荫强教授对谢博士表示由衷的祝贺。

“宁波诺丁汉大学非常自豪拥有一批像谢林君这样充满才干的优秀学者。我们向来重视发展科研，树立高水平科研国际化标杆。学校将继续为他们提供广阔的平台和丰富的资源，鼓励并支持学者们深耕自己的研究领域，与世界各地的专家一起合力解决全球性的挑战。他们的成果不仅启迪智慧、影响公共决策，更具有推动世界进步的力量。”

目前，包括谢林君博士在内的各国专家们正在共同撰写专题评估报告的初稿，预计正式报告将于2024年发布。

IPBES是联合国环境规划署建立的一个政府间组织，涵盖近 140 个成员国。它之于生物多样性的地位，相当于联合国气候变化政府间专家委员会之于气候变化领域的地位。

应各国政府和国际公约的请求，IPBES开展全球和区域等尺度的生物多样性和生态系统服务评估，目前涉及包括《生物多样性公约》、《濒危野生动植物物种国际贸易公约》、《湿地公约》等七项环境领域的国际协议。中国于2012年12月正式加入该平台。

UNNC academic participates as lead author of IPBES Nexus assessment

Recently, Dr Xie Linjun, Assistant Professor of the Department of Architecture and Built Environment at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC), was invited by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) to participate as a lead author in the thematic assessment of the interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food and health (Nexus assessment), providing insights for informing policy development and practical actions.

Dr Xie Linjun has long been committed to the research of urban sustainability transitions and the implication on human society and the local and global environment. Her scientific research achievements have been recognised widely by the international community. In 2017, Xie Linjun, who was still a PhD student in UNNC at the time, was awarded the “Green Talents” award by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research for her participation in the international cooperation research project “Smart Eco-Cities for Promoting Green Economy: A China-Europe comparative study”. She was the youngest of the 25 awardees.

In 2020, she led the study proposing an analytical framework for understanding cities’ contribution to biodiversity, which has been cited in an Opinion adopted by the European Committee of the Regions. In 2021, she was invited to write a briefing on promoting nature-based solutions for addressing climate challenges for the COP26 briefing series of the British Academy. In the same year, Dr Xie was interviewed by the world-renowned scientific journal Nature magazine, and provided insights and suggestions for urban ecological protection and sustainable development.

As one of the three invited Chinese experts, Dr Xie will work with more than 150 experts and academics from over 50 countries around the world to examine the interlinkages among the sustainable development goals related to food and water security, health for all, protecting biodiversity, and combating climate change.

Dr Xie said, “China is the host of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biodiversity and plays an important role in promoting the development of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. I hope that my research will not only contribute to the realisation of China's biodiversity goals and the construction of ecological and livable cities, but will also contribute to the global sustainable development process to achieve the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind and all life on earth.”

Professor Patrick Chau, Vice Provost for Research and Knowledge Exchange at UNNC, congratulated Dr Xie on being invited to participate in the significant international programme. He said, “the University of Nottingham Ningbo China is very proud to have talented academics like Dr Xie. We have always attached great importance to scientific research, and set a benchmark for the internationalisation of high-level scientific research. The university will continue to provide academics with a platform in order to support their research and encourage cooperation with experts from around the world. Their results not only influence public decision-making, but also have the power to solve global issues and improve lives.”

At present, experts from various countries, including Dr Xie, are working together to write the Nexus assessment report which is expected to be released in 2024.

IPBES is an independent intergovernmental body established by States to strengthen the science-policy interface for biodiversity and ecosystem services for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, long-term human well-being and sustainable development. It currently has nearly 140 member states, serving a similar role to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). China officially joined IPBES in December 2012.

文字来源 | Patrick Cai, Liam Morgan

图片来源 | 谢林君

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