Biodiversity
What needs to change for biodiversity to get the same traction as climate change, especially in business? Repeating the bad news (60% decline in wild animal populations since 1970) has failed to inspire action. So what about setting science-based targets for biodiversity? Plant-based food and drinks company Alpro is pioneering this, working with IUCN and WWF to set 50% natural vegetation as a planetary-boundary linked goal. Another approach is adopting ‘no net loss’ as a non-negotiable biodiversity threshold similar to the 1.5º of the Paris Agreement. This means companies could make biodiversity offsets. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
— Wayne Visser
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