We all know the frightening environmental crisis our planet is facing. We also know that our development model is the cause. And we are beginning to understand the terrible impacts this is having on our lives, undermining social and economic progress, and even advances already made. Never has it been clearer that we need to transform what is perhaps the most crucial of our relationships: the one with nature...
We live in times of planetary crisis and opportunity: our biggest chance to course-correct is now and a robust and inclusive global biodiversity framework is key
Many governments and companies have committed to ambitious action to tackle nature loss, but we have yet to see this translate into the post-2020 global biodiversity framework negotiations. The environmental crisis is also a humanitarian crisis, so a robust and inclusive framework is our best to chance to secure a safer and better future for all; writes Marco Lambertini, Director General of WWF International, an IUCN Member organisation.
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