We must restore nature to avoid global catastrophe, warns biodiversity summit president

Just cutting carbon emissions will not prevent climate breakdown, says Susana Muhamad before Cop16 in ColombiaHumanity risks catastrophic global heating if it focuses only on decarbonisation at the expense of restoring the natural world, Colombia's environment minister has said in the lead-up to the world's key nature summit later this year.Susana Muhamad, who will be president of the UN biodiversity Cop16 summit in Cali in October, said that a singular focus on cutting carbon emissions while failing to restore and protect natural ecosystems would be "dangerous for humanity" and risk societal collapse.Find more age of extinction coverage here, and follow the biodiversity reporters Phoebe Weston and Patrick Greenfield on X for all the latest news and features Continue reading...