Dr. Conca opines that one million species are close to extinction, thanks to Homo sapiens. Thus warns a landmark new report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), presented at the 7th session of the IPBES Plenary meeting earlier this month in Paris. Sir Robert Watson, Chair of the IPBES, said, “The health of ecosystems on which we and all other species depend is deteriorating more rapidly than ever. We are eroding the very foundations of our economies, livelihoods, food security, health and quality of life worldwide.”
The Report highlights the urgency of global decarbonization and the need to increase nuclear power along with all other non-fossil energy sources. But while global warming will have a multiplier effect, this rapid decline in species is not just the result of climate change, but of humans all on their own. Watson did say that it is not too late to make a difference. But we must start now at every level, from local to global, to make transformative changes, the type of changes the Nations of the World can’t seem to make on anything.
We grow enough food to feed the world and we can’t even agree on how to do that. The U.N. assessment is the product of an international team of about 150 experts performing systematic reviews of over 15,000 scientific and governmental sources, which also draws on indigenous and local knowledge.
Original working URL: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2019/05/21/nature-on-the-eve-of-destruction-the-un-extinction-report/#75ab897262bd
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