Can we bend the curve: Trends in global biodiversity scenarios
Flavia Aschi · Stefan C. Dekker · David Leclère · Alexandra Marques · Christian Neumann · Geanderson Ambrosio · Detlef P. van Vuuren
期刊Science Advances / Sci. Adv.
类型Article
发表2026-02-06
卷期页12(6): eaeb2277
收录2026-10-04
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关键词biodiversity lossbiodiversity scenariosscenario analysisdrivers of biodiversity lossclimate changebiodiversity indicatorsnature conservationsustainable food productiondietary changefood waste
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国际上已达成共识,要遏制并扭转生物多样性丧失的趋势。这一承诺部分得益于基于模型的场景分析,这些分析表明扭转这一趋势是可能的。这些场景分析为未来生物多样性趋势及其驱动因素提供了新的视角。我们的Meta分析根据量化结果区分了预测生物多样性丧失的场景和预测遏制或扭转这一趋势的场景,并探讨了它们的关键特征,例如场景假设、丧失驱动因素、生物多样性指标和所使用的模型。我们发现,关于扭转趋势的研究十分匮乏,而且大多没有考虑气候变化,这可能会让人误以为扭转趋势过于容易。我们的研究结果表明,只有通过跨部门的综合努力才能实现扭转,例如自然保护、可持续粮食生产、饮食结构调整和减少食物浪费。为了更好地支持政策制定,场景分析应基于模型间的相互比较,并使用标准化指标以便于跨研究进行比较;应考虑其他丧失驱动因素以反映生物多样性面临的真正威胁;并应包含更具雄心的跨部门行动,以有效地扭转这一趋势。
Internationally, it has been agreed to halt and reverse biodiversity loss, a commitment partly underpinned by model-based scenario analyses showing that bending the trend is possible. These scenarios provide insights into alternative future biodiversity trends and their drivers. Our meta-analysis differentiates scenarios that project biodiversity loss and that halt or reverse the trend based on their quantitative outcomes and explores their key characteristics such as scenario assumptions, drivers of loss, biodiversity indicators and models used. We found that bending-the-curve studies are scarce, and mostly do no account for climate change, which risks suggesting that the trend can be bent too easily. Our findings indicate that bending is only achievable with integrated efforts across different sectors, such as nature conservation, sustainable food production, diet change, and reduced food waste. To better support policymaking, scenarios should be based on model intercomparisons and use standardize indicators to allow comparisons across studies, account for additional drivers of loss to represent the real threats to biodiversity, and include more ambitious cross-sectoral actions to effectively bend the curve.

@article{aschi2026,
author = {Flavia Aschi and Stefan C. Dekker and David Leclère and Alexandra Marques and Christian Neumann and Geanderson Ambrosio and Detlef P. van Vuuren},
title = {Can we bend the curve: Trends in global biodiversity scenarios},
journal = {Science Advances},
year = {2026},
volume = {12},
number = {6},
pages = {eaeb2277},
doi = {10.1126/sciadv.aeb2277},
publisher = {American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)},
}· END ·