Rob Cooke

Current biodiversity research and science–policy interfaces are fragmented, poorly coordinated, underfunded and geographically biased, which limits their ability to address the scale and severity of the rapidly accelerating biodiversity crisis1,2,3. To close this gap, a new global organization is needed to coordinate biodiversity research, funding, and policy implications, reduce global inequities, and enhance implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)3.

Abstract Projections of biodiversity futures are needed to translate global policies into national action. We use dissimilarity modelling to project climate change scenarios for 1002 plant, 56 butterfly, and 219 bird species across Great Britain up to 2080. Under all scenarios we find extensive community reorganisation, with the disappearance of current bioclimates and emergence of novel ones.

Abstract Insects are crucial to ecosystem functioning but face numerous threats, with invasive alien species likely among the most severe. As insect declines continue, there is a growing need to synthesise evidence on how invasive alien species affect insects, as research has historically focused more on insects as invaders than as victims.