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Major report joins dots between world’s nature challenges

Helen Brigg,
Environment correspondent, BBC News @hbriggsjourno.bsky.social•@hbriggs  BBC 17th Dec 2024

 Climate change, nature loss and food insecurity are all inextricably
linked and dealing with them as separate issues won’t work, a major report
has warned. The review of scientific evidence by the Intergovernmental
Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), external found
governments are underestimating or ignoring the links between five key
areas – biodiversity, water, food, health and climate change. This “siloed”
approach has unintended consequences, such as damaging biodiversity through
tree-planting schemes, or polluting rivers while ramping up food
production, the report said. The latest assessment was approved by almost
150 countries meeting in Windhoek, Namibia.

BBC 17th Dec 2024
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyxkz41knzo

December 19, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change