COVID-19 is a symptom of a larger problem: Our planet Ailing Health

The 19-COVID outbreak is a global tragedy. Hundreds of thousands are dead, fold health systems, and the future is uncertain for millions of people whose lives collapse. It ‘absolutely true that the focus now lives here and now in memory. to do the same sense that we can to protect the well-being, we do not have them the content of what the immediate crisis. We must look ahead on what we can learn from this crisis, in order to avoid future risks. COVID-19 is a reminder of how vulnerable our modern societies, technologically advanced. The biggest lesson is that COVID-19 is more than a disease. It is a symptom of health marodee of our planet. Humanity dysfunctional relationship with nature has caused this broader disease. to understand this cause, it is critical if we want to become stronger after the crisis. COVID-19 is a virus zoonoses seriously by wild animals over people overturned and developed into a pandemic because well-established risk cocktail of destruction of the ecosystem of the 21st century, the loss of species, global warming, risky clashes with human behavior as the illegal trade in wild animals. All this has played into a global network of trade and travel. COVID-19 is not an isolated event. Research shows that 60% of all known infectious diseases in humans and 75% of all emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic. As we move towards the natural habitats and exploit animals more and more wild, more contact between humans and species of disease. Zoonoses are not the only symptom of poor health of the planet. Climate change is a serious crisis; it can provide existential risks for future generations, and already the real-time impact on millions worldwide, such as extreme weather events such as hurricanes and floods. Climate change bring a multiplier effect for other problems of stability of ecosystems for food production and human conflict. Ecosystems and biodiversity loss are the ability to threaten planets -deforestation of goods and services to provide, for example, interferes with our weather patterns and the water cycle, contributes to climate change, and destroys the habitat of important species. Chemicals and waste pollute the air, soil and water, kill millions every year. do all of these symptoms it clear that the health of the planet and our health, then quickly deteriorated. And nature as a man can only take so much before things reach the point of collapse. We have long known that we are facing a climate crisis and an environmental crisis. And now we are in the midst of another crisis, a closely related pandemic. Do not just focus on the economic recovery. The elastic structure on the basis of a total system approach is crucial. This means being the protection and sustainable management of our common global as our atmosphere and the rich diversity of plants and priority species in our society must be at the center of the stage floor. This year should be a like a “very good year for nature” – was the world is designed to be arranged biodiversity comprehensive plan after 2020. The next meeting of the global climate for the protection and recovery to take in Glasgow, with solutions natural climate change is an important issue for discussion and expected countries to propose new commitments to reduce emissions, in line with the Paris agreement. The international community was set by a framework for better management of chemicals and waste. COVID-19 made it clear that we need to provide us with these programs. They are the means to make a proposal for an economic and social nature in the future that all the factors that we design and build the townhouse in food systems. But we can not effectively address common global concerns such as the environment, individually. The spread of this virus once and for all that in this globalized world there are no local pollution problems and pathogens do not respect borders. Given the multiple effects of COVID-19, multilateralism is to be developed. Governments, businesses, the United Nations, international organizations, academics and individual citizens must as a single global community for people to protect from avoidable risks combine. After COVID-19, nothing will ever be so. But life can be better. We had a moment to think and reflect. Maybe we do not need more items we thought. Maybe we can fill our lives with a close relationship with moments, full of creativity. Perhaps we are, what matters really seen in our lives to be sure and be free. If we COVID-19 we overcome, we must not risk what we have won. We must do all we can to stabilize our support system, our environment. We need to think about how to restore nature to live life differently. One thing is clear. We are not able to develop a vaccine for COVID-19, they call it “work”, and turn the new economic engines in red. We need to reboot the system with sustainable innovation and green investment to create incentives. The loans and grants that many governments move at this time so generously are not only a necessity, but they are also a possibility of economic progress towards sustainable development to direct. This is to avoid a major insurance future pandemics. In order to stabilize the climate, we have the Paris Agreement, the global temperature rise of more than 2 ° C above pre-industrial levels. This is reflected reduce biodiversity and ecosystem stability of greenhouse gas emissions to net zero in 2050, we have a similar binding target, curb the loss of biodiversity. Of course, the objectives are not only makes the job setup. Governments must work hard to achieve. However, we have an important window thanks to the lifesaving programs and fiscal stimulus packages that 19 crisis COVID-by. The objectives of science base pairing on the climate and the nature of this recovery mechanism is a key strategy that we have to provide now to win twice, build resistance to future shocks and create a healthier economy. As sustainability of investments is not something we do to nature or the environment. We do it for us.
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