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|'''Major report joins dots between world's nature challenges''' | |||
[[File:Elephants climate.jpg|thumb|center|[https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyxkz41knzo by Helen Briggs 12/17/24 BBC]]] | |||
Climate change, nature loss and food insecurity are all inextricably linked and dealing with them as separate issues won't work, a major report has warned. | |||
The review of scientific evidence by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) found governments are underestimating or ignoring the links between five key areas - biodiversity, water, food, health and climate change. | |||
This "siloed" approach has unintended consequences, such as damaging biodiversity through tree-planting schemes, or polluting rivers while ramping up food production, the report said. | |||
The latest assessment was approved by almost 150 countries meeting in Windhoek, Namibia. | |||
|'''Infamous paper that popularized unproven COVID-19 treatment finally retracted''' | |'''Infamous paper that popularized unproven COVID-19 treatment finally retracted''' | ||
[[File:Didier Raoult.jpg|thumb|center| [https://www.science.org/content/article/infamous-paper-popularized-unproven-covid-19-treatment-finally-retracted?utm_campaign=Science&utm_medium=ownedSocial&utm_source=Bluesky by Cathleen O’Grady 12/17/24 Science]]] | [[File:Didier Raoult.jpg|thumb|center| [https://www.science.org/content/article/infamous-paper-popularized-unproven-covid-19-treatment-finally-retracted?utm_campaign=Science&utm_medium=ownedSocial&utm_source=Bluesky by Cathleen O’Grady 12/17/24 Science]]] | ||