"We must act decisively to protect our planet from both the coronavirus and the existential threat of climate disruption."
When Mother Earth sends us a message
Mother Earth is clearly urging a call to action. Nature is suffering. Australian fires, heat records and the worst locust invasion in Kenya. Now we face COVID -19, a worldwide health pandemic link to the health of our ecosystem.
Climate change, man-made changes to nature as well as crimes that disrupt biodiversity, such as deforestation, land-use change, intensified agriculture and livestock production or the growing illegal wildlife trade, can increase contact and the transmission of infectious diseases from animals to humans (zoonotic diseases) like COVID-19
From one new infection disease that emerges in humans every 4 months, 75% of these emerging diseases come from animals, according to UN Environment...
Read the full statement from the United Nations here
