“Without wild species, our whole planet unravels,” said one scientist in response to new U.N.-backed report.
Source: Biodiversity Destruction Imperils Natural Species Crucial to Humanity’s Survival
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Biodiversity Risks Could Persist for Decades After Global Temperature Peak
One study co-author said the findings “should act as a wake-up call that delaying emissions cuts will mean a temperature overshoot that comes at an astronomical cost to nature and humans that unproven negative emission technologies cannot simply reverse.”
Source: Biodiversity Risks Could Persist for Decades After Global Temperature Peak
Environmental Groups Call on Rich Nations to Provide at Least $60 B a Year for Biodiversity — Campaign for Nature
What if Eating Animals Was the Main Cause of the Climate and Biodiversity Crises?
The inconvenient truth for our species is that we need to adopt vegan lifestyles as a matter of urgency.
What if Eating Animals Was the Main Cause of the Climate and Biodiversity Crises?
The inconvenient truth for our species is that we need to adopt vegan lifestyles as a matter of urgency.
Meat, dairy industries and global emissions
The world’s five biggest meat and milk producers emit the same amount of greenhouse gases as Exxon.
And the 20 biggest livestock companies emit more than either Germany, Britain or France. https://t.co/QREwpj19D5 pic.twitter.com/z2exoYvE7K
— Lee Harris (@leee_harris) September 7, 2021
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/07/meat-and-dairy-industry-fanning-flames-climate-and-biodiversity-crises-report
Earth Abuse and the Next Pandemic
Humanity’s transgression of ecological limits has caused widespread damage, including a climate emergency, catastrophic loss of biodiversity, and extensive degradation of soils around the world. Earth abuse is also at the root of the Covid-19 pandemic and the grim likelihood that new pathogens will continue to emerge from other animal species to infect humans.
Source: Earth Abuse and the Next Pandemic – CounterPunch.org
1848+: The End(s) of History 