Up to a million species face extinction, many within decades, according to the report, and three-quarters of Earth's land surface has been 'severely altered'.
UNITED NATIONS – Diplomats from 130 nations gather in Paris from Monday to validate a grim UN assessment of the state of Nature and lay the groundwork for an 11th-hour rescue plan for life on Earth.
A dramatic die-off of pollinating insects, especially bees, threatens essential crops valued at half-a-trillion dollars annually. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services document, once approved, will be released on 6 May. "And the upcoming IPBES report - as important for humanity - will show these two problems have overlapping solutions."That overlap, she added, begins with agriculture, which accounts for at least a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions.
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