Central to PLANET4B’s approach has been the recognition that transformation is not the responsibility of one sector or actor alone. It requires the active participation of diverse enabling players – including civil society organisations, policymakers and businesses – who shape decisions, practices and priorities across scales. To support these enabling players, PLANET4B has developed three audience-specific guidelines, each tailored to the distinct roles, capacities and contexts of civil society, policy [...]

The document is based on the content of the former versions of the Communication Dissemination and Exploitation Strategy, which reviews the communication and dissemination tools, methods, and strategies applied during the project. The updated chapter 10 “Exploitation and Dissemination” explains in detail the activities the consortium will undertake after the project closing to ensure its results are put to use. Chapter 10 was developed with the support and guidance of [...]

This deliverable presents the development and testing of the PLANET4B Biodiversity Engagement Course for Educators. By providing educators in secondary and higher education with transdisciplinary training and teaching materials on biodiversity and the biodiversity crisis, the Course aims to build educators’ capacity to teach about these themes through systems thinking, intersectionality and creative and experiential learning, thereby inspiring students to take transformative action.  The flexible, modular course builds on PLANET4B’s frameworks, case studies and engagement methods. [...]

Disseminating the insights, outcomes and lessons learnt in PLANET4B into societal, business, policy and research communities and processes is a key aim of the project. This is crucial for engaging relevant stakeholders and ensuring impact during and beyond the project life cycle. Alongside the communication and dissemination activities and cooperation with other initiatives and projects to foster synergies, channelling outcomes to accelerate change contributes to this aim by participating in [...]

This Updated Synergies Strategy forms one of the deliverables of mapping synergies and creating cooperation with existing initiatives and projects led by UNEP-WCMC in the PLANET4B project. The purpose of this Updated Synergy Strategy is firstly to provide a review of progress in the implementation of the initial Synergy Strategy, and secondly to expand on possibilities for further collaborations with projects and initiatives beyond the lifetime of the PLANET4B project.

This report presents the Compendium of 11 Transformative Change Stories developed within the PLANET4B project. The stories show how biodiversity-related decision-making is inseparable from social practices, values, identities, and institutions, and how participatory approaches can generate pathways toward more just and biodiversity-positive futures. The 11 stories cover two clusters: five place-based cases focusing on intersectional nature recreation and biodiversity stewardship in Oslo, city food for biodiversity and inclusion in Graz, [...]