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#Biodiversity and #ClimateChange in focus at World Conference of Science Journalists #wcsj w/ former @IPBES Chair Bob Watson and @IPCC_CH Chair Hoesung Lee - offering global media direct insights into key challenges for science and policy
Today at #Trondheim the #BusinessForNature@BfNCoalition is rallying companies to drive transformative changes for a sustainable global economy.
"Our economy is a subsidiary of nature. Business needs to come together as we did for the Paris Agreement."
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"Moving beyond #COP15 toward 2030, we need to move towards transformative change and to understand what that means.
The Plenary of @IPBES Governments approved a new work programme up to 2030 to accompany this change."
—IPBES Exec Sec Anne Larigauderie at #TC9#Trondheim.
"We know how to fix the problem. The thing now is to go ahead and do it. "
Bob Scholes, Co-Chair of the @IPBES#LandDegradation and Restoration Assessment, #Trondheim#TC9.
He provided policymakers options to stop #degradation and boost restoration
"Distinguishing between the necessary process of transformation & the unnecessary process of #LandDegradation is essential for any kind of progress.
We can no longer have the world like it used to be. We need to look forward." —Bob Scholes, Co-Chair @IPBES LDR Assessment @ #TC9
“We are not where we want to be, but the good news is that this is entirely in our control.
What we’ve done to #nature we can undo. This is the story that needs to be woven into our post-2020 framework."
@UNEP Exec Director @andersen_inger at #TC9#Trondheim.
"We no longer have the luxury of incremental progress. We must focus on transformative solutions, as emphasized by the @IPBES#GlobalAssessment.
Nature is dynamic and interconnected, and so too must be our solutions for this crisis."
—@CristianaPascaP @UNBiodiversity#Trondheim
“People do care about #biodiversity.
When they become informed, they want to change, like with #ClimateChange.
This is the encouraging part that will carry us moving forward. Let’s convince the 🌎 to change the discourse on biodiversity.”
@IPBES Exec Sec at #Trondheim#TC9.
Humans produce more waste than ever before.
#Plastic#Pollution has increased 10x since 1980
Up to 400 million tons of industrial waste are dumped into the world’s waters every year
Oceanic dead zones cover a total area larger than the #UnitedKingdom@IPBES#GlobalAssessment
Pollution is one of the main drivers of biodiversity loss.
Plastic pollution, industrial waste, and fertilizers entering the coastal ecosystems all contribute to the decline of species on land and in the ocean. — IPBES Global Assessment