If the world carries on with business as usual rather than protecting our natural assets, the impact on the key services provided by nature – from carbon storage to crop pollination - will cost $10 trillion cumulatively by 2050.
In contrast, we would see substantial economic gains ($US 230 billion by 2050) if we focused instead on sustainable development that helped to protect and restore nature.
Three out of four crops producing fruit or seeds for human food depend on pollinators. Unfortunately, they are in decline in some regions of the world due to climate change, habitat loss, and the spread of disease and pests.
If we continue to destroy the natural world, we will see more outbreaks like COVID-19, and the next pandemic could be even more deadly and costly.
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