Sustainability debate
Conservation and restoration of nature will aid in achieving all other SDGs
In an article for Spire, Inger MÃ¥ren and Vigdis Vandvik explain why we need nature like never before to achieve the UN's sustainable development goals.
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Updated: 26.03.2021 (First published: 25.03.2021)
Climate crisis, nature crisis, and now a pandemic. But there is hope: IPCC's Special Report on Climate Change and Land shows that preventing the loss of nature will have a positive effect on all the other sustainable development goals.
Read about why we need nature like never before to reach a sustainable world in this recent article for Spire:Ìý
The opinion peace is written by the UNESCO Chair at ÐÒÔË·Éͧ¼Æ»® - Inger E. MÃ¥ren, and the Centre Director for CeSAM - Vigdis Vandvik. They list 7 concrete steps needed to conserve and restore nature at the necessary scale:
- SMART goals adapted to local conditions
- Knowledge-based reporting
- Involvement of young people
- Involvement of the professional environments
- Independence and credibility
- Openness leads to trust
- Nature is the foundation of everything