- According to the ‘global deal for nature’, Governments around the world must fully protect 30% of Earth’s surface and sustainably manage another 20% by 2030 if they’re to have a hope of saving ecosystems and limiting global warming, researchers have said in a new report.
- The recommendations are part of a fleshed out ‘global deal for nature’ — initially proposed by researchers in 2017 as a companion to the Paris climate accord — that outlines what it will take to maintain a liveable planet.
- The report says that there have been five mass extinctions in the history of the Earth. But in the 21st century, scientists now estimate that society must urgently come to grips this coming decade to stop the very first human-made biodiversity catastrophe.
- Asner is one of 19 international authors with a bold new science policy proposal to reverse the tide through Global Deal for Nature (GDN). The policy’s mission is simple: Save the diversity and abundance of life on Earth—for the price tag of $100 billion a year