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‘Our Future on Earth 2020’ Report

2020 FEB 14

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WHY IN NEWS?

The ‘Our Future on Earth, 2020’ report enlists key global risks.

ABOUT 'OUR FUTURE ON EARTH 2020'

  • Five global risks that have the potential to impact and amplify one another in ways that may cascade to create global systemic crisis, have been listed by ‘The Future of Earth, 2020,’ which was released by Future Earth.
  • The report lists the failure of climate change mitigation and adaptation; extreme weather events; major biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse; food crises; and water crises, as the five global risks.
  • As many as 222 leading scientists from 52 countries conducted the survey by Future Earth, an international sustainability research network.
  • The report was prepared with the aim of reducing carbon footprint and halting global warming below 2 degree Celsius by 2050.
  • Offering examples of how the interrelation of risk factors play a role, scientists say extreme heat waves can accelerate global warming by releasing large amounts of stored carbon from affected ecosystems, and at the same time intensify water crises and/ or food scarcity.
  • The loss of biodiversity also weakens the capacity of natural and agricultural systems to cope with climate extremes, increasing our vulnerability to food crises, they point out.

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Prelims Question

Q. ‘Our Future on Earth 2020’ Report is released by
a. Future Earth
b. IPCC
c. WWF
d. IUCN

Answer to the Prelims Question