On Earth Day, a new report warns that climate change and biodiversity loss are interconnected and worsening. The report by Friends of the Earth International urges systemic change ahead of the COP30 summit. Current economic and policy systems, it says, reward exploitation and are driving environmental collapse.

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• Climate, biodiversity crises stem from same exploitative systems
• 1 million species face extinction due to habitat loss, extreme weather
• Ecosystem degradation worsens climate instability, creates feedback loop
• Industrial agriculture, deforestation reduce carbon stored in biomass
• Carbon/biodiversity offsets seen as false solutions, not real fixes
• Biofuels cause land grabs, food insecurity, hurt Indigenous communities
• “Greenwashing” tactics like monoculture tree-planting criticized
• Global South, Indigenous Peoples most impacted by current climate policies
• Women, local communities vital to ecological stewardship, yet sidelined
• Report urges dismantling root systems of oppression, not masking problems