Revamping global food production, retooling the financial sector, moving beyond gross domestic product (GDP) as a measure of progress and other "transformative changes" are needed to save nature and ourselves, a major United Nations (UN) biodiversity report is set to conclude. Delegates from 130 nations wrap up week-long negotiations in Paris Saturday, May 4, on the executive summary of a 1,800-page tome authored by 400 scientists, the first UN global assessment of the state of nature and its impact on humanity in 15 years. The bombshell Summary for Policymakers, to be unveiled on May 6, makes for very grim reading. Up to a million of Earth's estimated eight million s...
Keep on reading: How to fix nature and avoid human misery — UN report
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