'The deluded dreams of billionaires aside, there is no Planet B. We must fix the world we have.' COP15
set in 2010 at COP10 in Aichi, Japan, including protecting 17% of terrestrial and inland water areas and conserving coral reefs.Tierra Curry, a senior scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity."We're undermining our own survival by taking nature for granted, decimating wild places and jeopardizing vulnerable communities.
"Deforestation and desertification are creating wastelands of once-thriving ecosystems," he said."Our land, water, and air are poisoned by chemicals and pesticides, and choked with plastics. Our addiction to fossil fuels has thrown our climate into chaos—from heatwaves and forest fires, to communities parched by heat and drought, or inundated and destroyed by terrifying floods.
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