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As we #CountdownToMars , this @UNEP report gets explicit about how screwed the Earth is unless we pivot NOW.
“For too long, we have been waging a senseless and suicidal war on nature. The result is three interlinked environmental crises.”
/1 https://www.unep.org/resources/making-peace-nature
As we #CountdownToMars , this @UNEP report gets explicit about how screwed the Earth is unless we pivot NOW.
“For too long, we have been waging a senseless and suicidal war on nature. The result is three interlinked environmental crises.”
/1 https://www.unep.org/resources/making-peace-nature
The @UNEP report details three separate but inextricably linked crises:
Climate Change
Biodiversity Loss
Pollution & Resource Degradation
Some of the key points of the study...
/2 https://www.unep.org/resources/making-peace-nature
Climate Change
Biodiversity Loss
Pollution & Resource Degradation
Some of the key points of the study...
/2 https://www.unep.org/resources/making-peace-nature
As identified by @AP @borenbears:
Earth is on the way to an additional 3.5 degrees warming from now (1.9 degrees Celsius), far more than the agreed upon goals in the Paris accord.
About 9 million people a year die from pollution.
/3 https://apnews.com/article/un-climate-change-environment-crisis-df5f89784ec92aaf8a855f88bdd753c9?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral
Earth is on the way to an additional 3.5 degrees warming from now (1.9 degrees Celsius), far more than the agreed upon goals in the Paris accord.
About 9 million people a year die from pollution.
/3 https://apnews.com/article/un-climate-change-environment-crisis-df5f89784ec92aaf8a855f88bdd753c9?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral
About 1 million of Earth’s 8 million species of plants and animals are threatened with extinction.
Up to 400 million tons of heavy metals, toxic sludge and other industrial waste are dumped into the world’s waters every year. https://apnews.com/article/un-climate-change-environment-crisis-df5f89784ec92aaf8a855f88bdd753c9?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral
Up to 400 million tons of heavy metals, toxic sludge and other industrial waste are dumped into the world’s waters every year. https://apnews.com/article/un-climate-change-environment-crisis-df5f89784ec92aaf8a855f88bdd753c9?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral
More than 3 billion people are affected by land degradation, and only 15% of Earth’s wetlands remain intact.
About 60% of fish stocks are fished at the maximum levels. Marine plastics pollution has increased tenfold since 1980. https://apnews.com/article/un-climate-change-environment-crisis-df5f89784ec92aaf8a855f88bdd753c9?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral
About 60% of fish stocks are fished at the maximum levels. Marine plastics pollution has increased tenfold since 1980. https://apnews.com/article/un-climate-change-environment-crisis-df5f89784ec92aaf8a855f88bdd753c9?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral
Bottom line: moving forward we all need to be climate warriors. It's up to us to "Make Peace with Mother Nature". https://www.unep.org/resources/making-peace-nature