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GBO-5 Comments and Media Coverage

FRI // 21.8.2020

The following messages, articles and quotes about GBO-5 are a select few, among the many received by Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity:

Quotes

António Guterres
Secretary-General of the United Nations

“As we emerge from the immediate impacts of the pandemic, we have an unprecedented opportunity to ‘build back better’, incorporating the transitions outlined in this Outlook and embodied in an ambitious plan to put the world on track to achieve the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity. Part of this new agenda must be to tackle the twin global challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss in a more coordinated manner, understanding both that climate change threatens to undermine all other efforts to conserve biodiversity; and that nature itself offers some of the most effective solutions to avoid the worst impacts of a warming planet.”

Inger Andersen

Inger Andersen
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme

“Now, we must accelerate and scale-up collaboration for nature-positive outcomes – conserving, restoring and using biodiversity fairly and sustainably. If we do not, biodiversity will continue to buckle under the weight of land- and sea-use change, overexploitation, climate change, pollution and invasive alien species. This will further damage human health, economies and societies – with particularly detrimental effects on indigenous peoples and local communities. We know what needs to be done, what works and how we can achieve good results. If we build on what has already been achieved, and place biodiversity at the heart of all our policies and decisions – including in COVID-19 recovery packages – we can ensure a better future for our societies and the planet."

Read Inger's Statement from the Launch of GBO-5

Elizabeth Maruma Mrema
Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity

“This flagship report underlines that ‘humanity stands at a crossroads with regard to the legacy we wish to leave to future generations,’”

Listen to Elizabeth's interview with Daniel Johnson- UN News-Geneva

Social Media Comments

8 transitions for #biodiversity according to the #GBO5 report by @UNbiodiversity: 🌲Land & forests 🌾Agriculture 🍲Food systems 🐟Fisheries & oceans 🏥Cities & infrastructures 🦀Freshwater 🌊#Climate action 🌐Biodiversity-inclusive One Healthhttps://t.co/YuNPsZynWL pic.twitter.com/AxlWQ5nT55 — ipbes (@IPBES) September 15, 2020	It is necessary to listen to the voices of multiple stakeholders, regarding the impact of projects on the environment in order to protect #biodiversity around the world, said Linda Wong, one of the peer reviewers of the #GBO5. #BRI https://t.co/o2WbMpI4zn pic.twitter.com/HlkM6ilYng — Global Times (@globaltimesnews) September 17, 2020
Our destruction of nature is truly horrible. But perhaps the most alarming thing here is that this barely makes the news. Because that means that as it is now, we won't be able to change it. The public opinion needed will never exist if people aren't even aware of the problem. https://t.co/xkmI4XucQF — Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) September 16, 2020	The BAD news? Humanity has FAILED to meet ANY of the 20 targets for restoring NATURE and that puts our future at great risk! The GOOD news? Where people have acted, nature is recovering! 🌈 It’s NOT TOO LATE....BUT we ALL have to ACT NOW! RT if YOU are in! #GBO5 pic.twitter.com/jNLbRD0fo4 — Team4Nature (@Team4Nature) September 15, 2020

Media Coverage Highlights

Source	Headline and Hyperlink
Nature	China’s researchers have valuable experiences that the world needs to hear about As China prepares to take on a crucial role in the governance of global biodiversity, its researchers must be at the table.
Fast Company	Corporate climate commitments are now common. Next is nature restoration commitments The Science Based Targets initiative first asked companies to make scientifically rigorous emissions reductions. Now they’re being asked to commit to increasing biodiversity.
The New York Times	A ‘Crossroads’ for Humanity: Earth’s Biodiversity Is Still Collapsing Countries have made insufficient progress on international goals designed to halt a catastrophic slide, a new report found.
The Guardian	World fails to meet a single target to stop destruction of nature – UN report ‘Humanity at a crossroads’ after a decade in which all of the 2010 Aichi goals to protect wildlife and ecosystems have been missed
Our Daily Planet	One Cool Thing: Key UN Global Biodiversity Report Due Out Today
百家号	里约三公约已将所有实体会议推迟至2021年｜绿会国际部COVID-19速递年11月举行线上讨论的备选方案。\n爱心捐赠\n并且，为了筹备SBSTTA和SBI会议，CBD秘书处将在2020年9月举行线上会议。第五版《全球生物多样性展望》（GBO-5）也终将在9月发布。\n2020年后全球生物多样性框架工作组第三次会议的新日期尚未宣布\n...
Science	Global efforts to protect biodiversity fall short New report finds glimmer of progress, but nations are not achieving targets
The Economist	Natural disasters quicken an already precipitous global loss of species Two new reports highlight how badly countries have been missing their biodiversity targets
The Washington Post	A decade ago, the world agreed to 20 Aichi Biodiversity targets. It did not meet any of them
Kompas	Hewan Terancam Punah dan Kerusakan Lingkungan, Apa Hubungannya dengan Wabah Penyakit Baru?
CNN	The world set a 2020 deadline to save nature but not a single target was met, UN report says UN report: 1 million species at risk of extinction
Yahoo!ニュース Japan	野生動物の減少止まらず、各国はさらなる取り組みを＝国連報告書多様性事務局は15日、2010年に名古屋市で開かれた国連生物多様性条約第10回締約国会議（COP10）で、生物多様性を守ることを目標に採択された「愛知目標」の達成状況を公表した。それによると、同目標が掲げる20の個別目標について、...
Medium	Achieving high ambitions from down below Coral reefs and the New Deal for Nature & People: Carol Phua of WWF’s Ocean Practice explains why world leaders need to include and commit to ecosystem-specific indicators in the Global Biodiversity Framework.
Baidu 百家号	世界最强音：向中国学习！中国研究人员有世界需要听取的宝贵经验