The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, announced at the Climate COP in Baku on 13 November 2024, shows that 44 percent of reef building coral species globally are threatened with extinction. This was based on an assessment of the conservation status of 892 warm-water reef-building coral species. Climate change is the main threat, along with pollution, agricultural runoff, disease and unsustainable fishing.
The International Environment Forum is contributing to Global Climate Change Week by alerting its members to recent scientific studies that show how critical it is to make a rapid transformation in our global energy system away from fossil fuels.
Being in nature is good for our health and well-being. Recent research is showing what happens in our brains and bodies when we interact with nature, as described in Kathy Willis' new book Good Nature. There are benefits from what we see, smell, hear and touch.
