How can we fix the biodiversity emergency?
The solutions are out there
There are many ways in which we can reverse nature loss which include bolder and more ambitious conservation efforts. However, we also need transformational changes in the way we produce and consume, such as making food production and trade more efficient, reducing waste, and favoring healthier and more sustainable diets.
Bending the curve to reverse nature loss
Cutting-edge modeling shows that without further efforts to counteract habitat loss and degradation, global biodiversity will continue to decline.
However, it also shows that we can 'bend the curve' of this unwelcome trend, and begin to stabilize and reverse the loss of nature so that there is more nature in the world than there is now.
It requires more conservation efforts, more sustainable production, and more sustainable consumption.
None of these actions alone are enough. Only when all three actions are taken together will we see the reversal of nature loss at the speed we need.
Enforcing the global right to a healthy environment
In 2021 the United Nations recognized that everyone everywhere has the right to live in a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. This is no longer an option for those in power but an obligation. Costa Rica added the right to a healthy environment to its constitution in 1994. Renewables now deliver 99% of its electricity; laws ban open pit mining and oil and gas development; and carbon taxes pay Indigenous Peoples and farmers to restore forests, which have since doubled in size.
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How to make technology work for the planet
Ever since the agricultural revolution, we have been designing increasingly clever ways to strip the world of its natural resources – usually ways that pollute, deplete and degrade the ecosystems we rely on. But today, we’re using tech around the world to repair some of the damage – with amazing results.
How to live more sustainably
From climate breakdown to species going extinct, humankind’s effects on our world can seem so huge, it’s easy to feel like there’s no hope of making a difference. But if we’re all a small part of the problem, we can all be part of the solution too. The first step is to look at our own impact.
The climate change threat to coral reefs
Coral reefs cover less than 0.1% of the ocean floor, but they’re home to a quarter of all the marine species on Earth. This makes them incredibly biodiverse ecosystems, supporting a complex food web of organisms that includes us, humans.
Working with nature to benefit people, biodiversity, and climate
A major ally when tackling the climate crisis 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: Where global leaders can act against biodiversity loss
World leaders have a vitally important opportunity to reverse nature loss and secure a nature-positive world that will benefit people and the planet. In December 2022 at the UN biodiversity conference (COP 15), key decision-makers will determine global efforts for biodiversity for the coming decade. WWF is urging countries to 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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