News and insights

• 15 November 2024

COP16 delivered the Cali Fund, strengthened the role of Indigenous Peoples in biodiversity efforts and made progress on the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) target 6 on invasive alien species.

• 25 July 2024

Ipieca hosted a virtual workshop on The current state of climate change science – physical impacts and risks.

• 2 December 2025

Two years on from Ipieca’s first water peer to peer workshop in Paris, 2023, water specialists from across the industry convened in Doha, Qatar, for the second water peer-to-peer workshop, hosted by Qatar Shell.

• 10 November 2023

The three-day workshop, run by Ipieca and hosted by TotalEnergies in Paris, brought together over 40 energy industry professionals from 12 Ipieca member companies.

• 20 October 2023

The three-day workshop, run by Ipieca, facilitated by UNEP-WCMC, and hosted by PETRONAS in Kuala Lumpur was followed by a field trip to a peat reserve to see biodiversity management and restoration practices in real life.

• 19 October 2018

The training aimed to enhance understanding of the impact of oil and gas operations in environmentally sensitive areas and strengthen national and regional efforts...

• 15 December 2017

• 4 September 2025

The report is a summary of a virtual workshop that Ipieca hosted on 'Approaches to estimating financial impacts of climate change'. This was the third virtual workshop in a series on climate change adaptation and resilience.

• 8 July 2025

This report is a summary of a virtual workshop that Ipieca hosted on Voluntary and regulatory adaptation disclosure requirements and developing good practices. This was the second virtual workshop in a series on climate change adaptation and resilience.

• 17 May 2018

As a continuing part of our effort to raise understanding and help inform constructive discussion on CCS, Ipieca held a workshop - Making CCS fly.

• 28 July 2026

The IMO's seventh GHG expert workshop brought together representatives, including governments, industry, certification bodies, standards organisations and academia to explore chain of custody models for fuel supply chain traceability.

• 26 February 2021

On 2 November 2020, Ipieca held a virtual methane workshop. This report summarizes the presentations and discussions that took place during the workshop.

• 16 June 2020

Ipieca Executive Director Brian Sullivan on the urgent need to prioritise biodiversity and ecosystem services throughout the lifecycle of oil and gas projects.

• 1 May 2018

This document provides a summary of the 2016 guidance document Biodiversity and ecosystem services fundamentals.

• 16 October 2024

The document provides examples of how Ipieca companies are taking ambitious biodiversity actions which contribute towards the goals of the Global Biodiversity Framework.

• 30 October 2018

• 27 March 2026

Ipieca supported and took part in the forum, which highlighted sector-specific solutions to accelerate biodiversity mainstreaming, inform COP17 outcomes and strengthen regional reporting and implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework.

• 10 February 2026

Report highlights more than 100 actions business, government, finance and civil society can take to help halt and reverse biodiversity loss.

• 4 March 2025

Key outcomes agreed at follow up to COP16 held in Colombia last year.

• 5 December 2022

Ipieca is committed to the development and implementation of industry good practice for the mitigation of biodiversity impacts and its contribution to reversing biodiversity loss.

• 11 October 2021

Ipieca will be attending CBD COP15 part 1, which starts today and aims for nations to adopt a new global framework for the protection of biodiversity.

• 7 June 2021

This year, World Environment Day is centred around '#GenerationRestoration - Reimagine, recreate, restore'.

• 24 May 2021

Ipieca-IOGP Biodiversity Ecosystem Services Working Group Officers Mark Johnston (bp), David Palandro (ExxonMobil) and Steven Dickinson (Total) explain how its members are supporting global conservation goals in what is a big year for biodiversity.

• 29 March 2021

Ipieca member Repsol has carried out pioneering biodiversity monitoring during construction of of an exploratory well in Bolivia.

• 5 June 2020

Ipieca member company BP has pledged new measures to help restore, maintain and enhance nature in recognition of the action needed to strengthen biodiversity.

• 5 March 2020

Ipieca had an opportunity to comment on the draft framework during the OEWG meeting in Rome last week.

• 22 January 2020

In his latest blog, Ipieca Executive Director Brian Sullivan looks ahead to what will be an important year for everyone involved in the energy transition.

• 13 July 2026

The guidance outlines a practical framework for incorporating circularity throughout the life cycle of energy and other infrastructure assets, supported by case studies.

• 8 June 2026

Ipieca guidance and resources to help protect the ocean.

• 22 March 2026

The 2026 theme ‘Water and gender’ emphasises safe drinking water and sanitation as fundamental human rights and critical enablers of gender equality, directly contributing to Sustainable Development Goals 5 and 6.

• 5 November 2025

At the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025 in Abu Dhabi, Ipieca and IUCN renewed their partnership through the signing of a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will guide collaboration between the two organisations through 2030.

• 29 October 2025

The IUCN World Conservation Congress is the world's largest conservation gathering. The 2025 edition brought together over 10,000 nature conservation experts, leaders and decision-makers from around the world in Abu Dhabi from 9 to 15 October.