Biodiversity

The waters "are responsible for the future and fate of this blue planet, Earth," said one campaigner.

"Mining the deep sea is as destructive as strip mining the mountains of Appalachia, extinguishing whole ecosystems with a single blow."

"Corporations and governments must cut carbon emission at source, rather than use NBS for greenwashing," said a Friends of the Earth International campaigner.

"During a global extinction crisis, it's heartbreaking that Congress continues to underfund this critical work."

"Extinction is not inevitable—it is a political choice," says a new petition calling for bold changes to the Endangered Species Act.

New research reveals lost rainforest resiliency imperils biodiversity, carbon storage, and the climate "at a global scale."

"Wealthy nations must agree to a viable path to direct at least $60 billion in public funding to developing nations," said the head of one conservation group behind the demand.

World governments are spending $1.8 trillion annually to support fossil fuel emissions, deforestation, water pollution, and other harms to biodiversity and the planet.

One campaigner warned that "if we don't address the root cause of their decline, which is habitat loss and climate change, we're just plugging holes in a sinking ship."

"The current legal system fails to represent the intrinsic value of nature, with laws and decision-makers typically only considering economic or human interests," said one advocate.