The UN report says that humanity is destroying the natural world and one million animal and plant species face extinction, many within decades,
Drawing from 15,000 sources and an underlying 1,800-page report, the executive summary details how our species' growing footprint and appetites have compromised the natural renewal of resources that sustain civilisation, starting with fresh water, breathable air, and productive soil.
Global warming, in turn, is pushing thousands of animals and plants out of their comfort zones, and intensifies the kind of heatwaves and droughts that recently fuelled unprecedented fires in Australia, Indonesia, Russia, Portugal, California and Greece.The overlapping drivers of global warming and biodiversity loss point to shared solutions, but there is potential for policy conflict too, the new report cautioned.
For the first time, the UN body has ranked the top five causes of species lost and the degradation of nature.By a long shot, the first two are diminished or degraded habitat, and hunting for food or trade - often illicit - in body parts.
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