Why and how the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development must improve its biodiversity standards
Humans cannot live without biodiversity or a stable climate, which are mutually reinforcing. Both are needed to ensure food, drinking water, medicines, clean air and temperature regulation.
Climate chaos is already impacting biodiversity, among others through wildfires, floods and droughts, but also by enabling the spread of pests, diseases and invasive species. But biodiversity protection and restoration is also essential to limit climate change.
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