UN reps seek urgent Nature rescue plan

PARIS: Diplomats from 130 nations gathered here yesterday to validate a grim United Nations assessment of the state of Nature and lay the groundwork for an 11th-hour rescue plan for life on Earth.

A 44-page, draft “Summary for Policy Makers” catalogues the 1,001 ways in which our species has plundered the planet and damaged its capacity to renew the resources upon which we depend.

The impact of humanity’s expanding footprint and appetites has been devastating.

Up to a million species face extinction, many within decades, and three-quarters of Earth’s land surface has been “severely altered”.

The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services document, once approved, will be released on May 6.