How can we solve the nature crisis?
The solutions exist
We’re now in a race to bring our world back to life before it’s too late. The solutions exist, and we should be using every opportunity to address the crisis. There are many ways in which we can reverse the loss of nature, including bolder and more ambitious conservation efforts. However, we also need to transform the way we produce and consume, including our food and energy – two of the major drivers of nature loss and climate change.
Bending the curve on nature loss
Cutting-edge modelling shows that without further efforts to counteract habitat loss and degradation, global biodiversity will continue to plummet.
However, it also shows that we can 'bend the curve' and begin to stabilise and reverse the loss of nature so that there is more nature in the world than there is now.
It requires more conservation efforts, and more sustainable production and consumption. Only when all of these actions are taken together will we see the reversal of nature loss at the speed we need.
How is WWF UK tackling the nature and climate crisis?
Fixing our food system
The way we produce our food is responsible for almost 70% of the world’s biodiversity loss on land. We’re calling on governments and businesses to urgently stop food production from destroying nature and the climate.
Tackling climate change
We’re harnessing the power of nature-based solutions in the UK and around the world, and pushing the UK Government for the strongest ambition and measures to cut emissions and deliver net zero.
Protecting the Amazon
The Amazon is reaching an irreversible tipping point. We’re collaborating with local partners to protect the Amazon and its wildlife and to support the rights of the Indigenous peoples and local communities who live there.
Working with nature to benefit people, biodiversity and climate
A major ally when tackling climate change and biodiversity loss is nature itself.
Nature-based solutions harness the power of nature to boost natural ecosystems, biodiversity and human well-being to address major societal issues, including climate change.
COP15: Our last chance for a global solution
We need decisive action now from our leaders. No more delay, no more broken promises. In December 2022 at the UN biodiversity conference (COP15), key decision-makers will determine global efforts for tackling the nature crisis. The UK has promised to lead the way on a game-changing global deal to reverse the loss of nature by 2030. Our leaders must step up ambition and deliver a comprehensive and science-based plan for nature that is ready to be put into practice immediately.
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