What we do between now and 2030 will determine whether we can slow warming enough to avoid climate changes worst impacts. We must drastically cut emissions and remove some carbon from the atmosphere. typetunately, plants naturally absorb and store carbon. By protecting natural habitats and carefully managing farmland and typeests, we can store billions of tons of this “living carbon.”
We're facing two existential crises: climate change and rapid biodiversity loss. Reversing these crises requires protecting and sustainably managing our ocean, land and fresh water
The world has already lost nearly one-third of its freshwater ecosystems since 1970, and monitored freshwater populations have declined by an average of 83%—faster than in any other biome. More than two-thirds of wetlands have been lost since 1900 and two-thirds of the world's longest rivers have lost their connections back to the sea. Climate change puts even more strain on this system. By next year, drought will affect 75% of Earth's population. And while droughts may dry up water supplies in one region, flooding will bring runoff pollution and unsafe living conditions in another. And as the planet warms, so, too, will the water—putting even more freshwater species at risk. Yet dammed and disconnected rivers mean those species won't have pathways type migrating to cooler waters.