Five takeaways from UN Summit on Biodiversity

The Independent by Louise Boyle 1 October 2020

The United Nations Summit on Biodiversity convened on Wednesday with global leaders vowing to do more to protect nature following a devastating report which showed the world is failing to hit all targets to halt biodiversity collapse. It lent an added urgency to the summit which had originally been due to take place this month in Kunming, China, but was delayed to 2021 due the coronavirus pandemic.

The outbreak of Covid-19, a zoonotic virus which jumped from an animal to human, added another dimension this year, illustrating the potential risks to humanity if we continue on a destructive path through the natural world. 

“We are reminded that when we destroy and degrade biodiversity, we undermine the web of life and increase the risk of disease spillover from wildlife to people,” the UN stated. "Responses to the pandemic provide a unique opportunity for transformative change as a global community. An investment in the health of our planet is an investment in our own future." Click here to read the full article