Wildlife, climate and plastic: how three summits aim to repair a growing rift with nature

Wed, 6 Nov 2024 12:24:57 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/wildlife-climate-and-plastic-how-three-summits-aim-to-repair-a-growing-rift-with-nature-241419>

"By the end of 2024, nearly 200 nations will have met at three conferences to
address three problems: biodiversity loss, climate change and plastic
pollution.

Colombia will host talks next week to assess global progress in protecting 30%
of all land and water by 2030. Hot on its heels is Cop29 in Azerbaijan. Here,
countries will revisit the pledge they made last year in Dubai to “transition
away” from the fossil fuels driving climate breakdown. And in December, South
Korea could see the first global agreement to tackle plastic waste.

Don’t let these separate events fool you, though.

“Climate change, biodiversity loss and resource depletion are not isolated
problems” say biologist Liette Vasseur (Brock University), political scientist
Anders Hayden (Dalhousie University) and ecologist Mike Jones (Swedish
University of Agricultural Sciences).

“They are part of an interconnected web of crises that demand urgent and
comprehensive action.”"

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
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

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