00:01Doctor, how is the patient?
00:02The reality is that the panorama is very complex.
00:05According to the last exams that we did,
00:07we saw that the temperature is increasing more than we expected,
00:10is losing the water of the system.
00:13In summary, the patient has his system in danger
00:16and has registered some catastrophic losses
00:19that make his survival risk.
00:21But, is there any chance to save?
00:23Yes, of course.
00:24Fortunately, we have found a series of procedures
00:27that, although they are not easy to do,
00:30they can improve the condition of the patient.
00:33Yes, we have to act quickly.
00:35What would you think if I was told
00:36that the patient who we talked about
00:38is no one person,
00:40but the planet in which you,
00:41you and others 8.000 million people live?
00:45Yes, there are a series of recent exams
00:47that indicate that, in effect,
00:49there are some catastrophic losses.
00:51But, let's go for parts.
00:53If this was a medical visit,
00:54we would start with the symptoms.
00:56Since decades, we know that the loss
00:58and the degradation of habitats,
01:00mainly caused by our food system,
01:03are the danger that most reported
01:04to the population of wildlife in the world.
01:07There are also the sobreexplotation,
01:09the invasive species,
01:10such as the hippopotamus,
01:12and the fossil fuels,
01:13which contribute to approximately
01:15the 70% of the emissions
01:17of gases of the invernment effect.
01:19Now let's go with the diagnosis.
01:21Recently, WWF and the Sociedad Zoológica de Londres
01:25published the Informe Planeta Vivo 2024.
01:28Take a look at a series of exams
01:30and radiographies
01:31that allow us to do a diagnostic
01:33of the state of the planet.
01:34The results are not very alentable.
01:36The size of the almost 5.500
01:39population of silvestres
01:40that were monitored
01:41between 1970 and 2020
01:44shows a catastrophic loss
01:46of 73% in those 50 years.
01:49The most powerful ones
01:50have been given in the agricultural ecosystems
01:52of the wild,
01:52the terrestres
01:53and the marines.
01:55If we look at the sum of the regions,
01:56we see that the population
01:57of the silvestre
01:59that most have diminished
01:59have been reported
02:00in Latin America and the Caribbean,
02:03Africa
02:03and the Pacific Pacific.
02:05With these results in hand,
02:07scientists alert us
02:08of a danger
02:09in which the world
02:10will reach points of inflection
02:11dangerous and irreversible
02:13impulsed
02:14both by the loss of biodiversity
02:16and by the climate change.
02:17And you will be wondering
02:19are there any type of treatment
02:21or treatment?
02:23Yes.
02:24The world's countries
02:25have accorded
02:25global objectives
02:26to limit the temperature
02:27to 1,5 degrees
02:29to eradicate poverty
02:31and, of course,
02:34to stop and revert
02:35the loss of biodiversity.
02:37In a couple of weeks,
02:39in Cali,
02:40delegates of 196 countries
02:42of the world
02:43will reunify
02:44in the framework
02:44of the COP16
02:45to review
02:46if their national plans
02:47are adjusted
02:48to the 23 metas
02:49that they had
02:50two years ago
02:51and that they are looking
02:52to stop and revert
02:54the loss of biodiversity.
02:56The problem,
02:57they say the scientists,
02:58is that,
02:58despite the fact
02:59that these
02:59are these
03:00the national commitments
03:01and the actions
03:03that they have to be
03:04to make,
03:04they are far away
03:06from what we need
03:07to achieve
03:07those objectives
03:08that we have drawn.
03:09Although,
03:10we have to admit,
03:11there are chances
03:12to achieve
03:13that,
03:14as the doctor said,
03:16we have to act quickly.
03:17If you want to know
03:18more about the state
03:18of the planet,
03:19the evaluations
03:20on biodiversity
03:21of these global agreements
03:23like the one that
03:24will be revisited in Cali,
03:25we invite you to consult
03:26the section
03:27of the COP16
03:28of The Espectador.
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