Scientists from around the world have listed more than 850 visions favorable to change and nearly 400 concrete examples.
No less than 165 international experts from IPBES present in a report the measures to be taken in order to “to save life on Earth”.
Ten categories and 70 response options
It’s in their eyes “transformative change”, “urgent, necessary and difficult, but possible » demanded by scientists around the world (Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services). In their report published on December 18, these 165 experts emphasize the effective actions to be taken, already carried out and from which to draw inspiration.
This report aims to provide decision-makers “the most ambitious scientific assessment ever undertaken”, detailing no less than 70 “response options” grouped into ten major categories of action To establish it, they worked for three years to evaluate scientific production, highlighting the interconnection.
Draw inspiration from positive examples
Hope for the future lies in the hundreds of positive examples to draw inspiration from, say the report’s authors. The researchers thus listed more than 850 visions favorable to change and nearly 400 concrete examples, from breeders in northern Patagonia having resisted both volcanic ash and ten years of drought, or community water management in Nepal. . “We must be inspired by these examples, because therein lies our hope for the future”they estimate. Conversely, the authors of the report call for stopping the billions of dollars in subsidies that are most harmful to the environment.
To act while there is still time, the authors of the report target five priority strategies:
- Conserve and regenerate natural environments;
- implement systemic changes in the sectors most responsible for biodiversity loss (agriculture, forestry, mining, fishing, etc.);
- transform economic sectors in favor of nature and equity;
- review governance systems; but also to modify the points of view and values of society in order to favor the fundamental interconnections between man and nature.
Read also
Climate change vs. global warming: what should we say?Subscribe to consoGlobe on Google News so you don’t miss any information!
consoGlobe also recommends…
Source: www.consoglobe.com
