Protect 30% of planet by 2030 – U.N. nature rescue plan

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The first UN 'state of nature' report in two decades finds that one million species of plants and animals are threatened with extinction.

Demonstrators take part in a global youth climate action strike in Lisbon, on September 27, 2019 at the end of a global climate change week. Photo by Patricia de Melo Moreira/AFP

Up to now, UN targets to safeguard or restore ecosystems have failed for lack of political backing, implementation and enforcement. Global warming has also begun to take a toll, with far worse impacts on the not-so-distant horizon, experts say. But the proposal is"thin on the relevant enabling conditions, such as an implementation mechanisms and resource mobilization."

 

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