NEW RELEASE! THE BORROWED EARTH PROJECT’S FILM ‘BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE’

Why does biodiversity matter? Species evolve to succeed in the habitats available to them, and along the way some of them have always become extinct. With so much else to worry about, what is a lost species here or there?

But what if it turned out that biodiversity is in fact supporting all life on earth?

And that it is being impacted by human activities on a scale, and at a speed, that has never happened before in world history, since this new Anthropocene age began?

There is a big problem with biodiversity. But there is also a recognition by most of the governments of the world that urgent action is needed to address it. In the 2022 Global Biodiversity Framework, they have pledged themselves to take detailed measures by 2030 and 2050 in support of that action, “starting immediately”.

And that is where you come in. Your strong support is critical to making government pledges on biodiversity a reality, by insisting upon their proper implementation and enforcement. Anyone who has worked on climate change knows that much of the real work takes place in the gulf between what governments say, and what they do.

The 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change committed signatory parties to the goal of -

“Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2oC above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5oC above pre industrial levels .”

But temperatures continue to set new records, fossil fuel production continues apace, and levels of atmospheric CO2 were 399.4 ppm in 2015, and are 418.53 ppm today. So we have not yet delivered on the promises made in Paris.

Biodiversity is closely linked to climate change, but it receives less attention. The Global Biodiversity Framework could make a real, world-wide difference, if it is properly implemented.

At The Borrowed Earth Project we look for new ways to support young people in the incredible work that they are doing to address climate change - like our two Research Grantees Nouman Alam and Maria Samiwala investigating climate impacts in Khyber Paktunkhwa and Sindh in Pakistan. 

So we have made a short film, BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE, and before, at, and after the COP28 climate talks, we will be happy to arrange to show it, online or in person, at short half hour sessions, to set the context, show the film, and discuss how to address the issues that it raises.

Watch the Trailer below…