Twin crises: experts say nature and climate can't be siloed | Business

COP27 missed an opportunity to acknowledge the connection between the climate and nature crises, experts say.

Failing to address both could mean not only further decimating Earth's life support systems, but also missing the key climate target of limiting warming to under 1.5 degrees Celsius, they warn. The meeting comes as scientists warn that climate change and biodiversity damage could cause the world's sixth mass extinction event.Climate Future Weekly

He said oceans in particular are unsung"superheroes", which have absorbed carbon and heat, at the cost of acidification and coral-killing heatwaves. The crucial"30 by 30" biodiversity target also got a boost when a bloc of West African nations vowed to adhere to the goal of protecting 30% of the natural world by 2030.Biodiversity received a nod in the final COP27 text, including in a paragraph calling for"the urgent need to address, in a comprehensive and synergetic manner, the interlinked global crises of climate change and biodiversity loss".

"The twin climate and biodiversity crises are at risk from being considered and treated in silos," she told AFP.While energy policy has dominated the climate talks, and plastic and pesticide pollution are more the preserve of the biodiversity talks, other issues - food production, indigenous land rights, protections of oceans and forests - are entwined with both.

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