Thread by @ClimateBen

BREAKING: Earth's land and water ecosystems are 'on the brink of collapse' says new UN report 🧵

1. 'only by working together can we bring land, soil, and water ecosystems back from the brink'

But this extinction economy does not allow us to work together.

Profound system change required.

We should be talking about agroecology.

news.un.org/en/story/2021/…

2a. 'The scale and intensity of current land and water use for agriculture are not sustainable at many local levels. In some cases, this extends to the global level when just-in-time supply can break down, particularly if unforeseen drought drastically reduces crop production.'👇

2b. 'The biophysical status of most regions at risk is characterized by low soil organic matter and low plant species biodiversity'

fao.org/3/cb7654en/onl…

2c. Large swathes of the planet appear to be set up to experience extreme drought in the 2020s and 2030s.

"If the projections in this study come even close to being realised, the consequences for society worldwide will be enormous".

From 2010:

smh.com.au/environment/cl…

2d. At 1.5-2°C many regions including (but not, it would seem, limited to) the Mediterranean, southern Africa, southern Australia, central North America, and much of South America will be affected by severe agricultural and ecological droughts (IPCC 2021). carbonbrief.org/explainer-what…

3. 'only by working together can we bring land, soil, and water ecosystems back from the brink of collapse'

See video for the quote :

https://twitter.com/FAO/status/1468913559077801984?s=20

4. State of the World’s Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture – Systems at breaking point (SOLAW 2021)

At the launch of the publication, FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu said “current patterns of agrifood production are not proving sustainable.”news.un.org/en/story/2021/…

5. Our predicament is dire, but we can take action to protect billions of people and millions of species:

https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1475941074669649920?s=20

6. State-corporate media journalists & editors ignore ecosystem collapse and how we should respond. Imagine if the free press was full of agroecology information. Imagine if schools taught the reality of ecological catastrophe.

We can+must change systems.actionaid.org.uk/our-work/emerg…