Race is on to Reach Net Zero Emissions and Halt Runaway Nature Loss
Nature has declined more extensively over the past 50 years than at any other time in human history, warns Midori Paxton of the UNDP. Seventy-five percent of the Earth’s ice-free land surface has been significantly altered; more than 85 percent of wetland areas has been lost; and with the oceans in crisis the world faces the loss of up to one million species in a few decades. Biodiversity COP15 and Climate COP26 are part of the same race to control the planetary crises. In this article, she discusses why only a fraction of climate finance is invested in nature-based solutions. She notes the finding of the World Economic Forum that a new nature economy could generate up to $10.1 trillion in annual business value and create 395 million jobs by 2030.
https://www.undp.org/blog/race-reach-net-zero-emissions-and-halt-runaway-nature-loss
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