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"Earth is facing a human-driven climate crisis, which demands a rapid
transition to low-carbon energy sources such as wind and solar power. But we’re
also living through a mass extinction event. Never before in human history have
there been such high such rates of species loss and ecosystem collapse.
The biodiversity crisis is not just distressing, it’s a major threat to the
global economy. More than half of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) directly
depends on nature. The World Economic Forum rates biodiversity loss in the top
risks to the global economy over the next decade, after climate change and
natural disasters.
Human-driven climate change damages nature – and loss of nature exacerbates
climate change. So if humanity’s efforts to mitigate climate change end up
damaging nature, we shoot ourselves in the foot.
Australia, however, must face up to an uncomfortable truth: we are putting
renewable energy projects in places that damage the species and ecosystems on
which we depend."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
