“We only got (one world, one world)”
The collection of articles, reports, and videos below serve to highlight the climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution emergencies the global community is facing. Our intention is to provide content for viewers to engage with, learn from, and if compelled, act on.
Making Peace with Nature
A report by the United Nations Environment Programme
“‘Humanity is waging war on nature,’ warned UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres in 2020, referring to how our consumption and production systems are destroying the environment.
Can we halt our destruction of the environment and secure the well-being of people and of the ecosystems that provide for us?
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has created a blueprint for the sustainable world we need. The “Making Peace With Nature” report draws a pathway for a shift to circular economies and fairer societies that tackles climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.”
Check out the report in interactive, visual feature form by clicking the button below, or download the full PDF report by clicking here.
Climate Change is Complex. We’ve Got Answers to Your Questions.
An interactive webpage from the New York Times
“How much trouble are we in?
Big trouble.
Over the coming 25 or 30 years, scientists say, the climate is likely to gradually warm, with more extreme weather. Coral reefs and other sensitive habitats are already starting to die. Longer term, if emissions rise unchecked, scientists fear climate effects so severe that they might destabilize governments, produce waves of refugees, precipitate the sixth mass extinction of plants and animals in the Earth’s history, and melt the polar ice caps, causing the seas to rise high enough to flood most of the world’s coastal cities. The emissions that create those risks are happening now, raising deep moral questions for our generation.”
Humanity’s planet-shaping powers - and what they mean for the future
A TED talk from United Nations Develop Program Administrator Achim Steiner
“Humanity now has incredible power to shape nature and the Earth: the power to destroy and the power to repair, says sustainability champion and UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner. In this action-oriented talk, Steiner shows how this power is putting our own survival at risk -- and takes us on a global tour of individuals and societies that are choosing to write a new, sustainable and equitable chapter for people and the planet.”