Het is vandaag de Dag van de Aarde.
Beyond the ruins: "The first day Earth Day – held each year on 22 April – was organised in 1970. Since then, the amount of CO2 emissions in the atmosphere has more than tripled, and the yearly release of greenhouse gases has nearly doubled. Across the world, the average population of mammals, fish, birds, reptiles and amphibians has declined by around 70%. Nearly 90% of wetlands have been lost. On this Earth Day, we stare into an abyss. An eighth of species could face extinction, many within decades. In areas that are ploughed and tilled for farming, soil is estimated to be disappearing over 100 times faster than it can be replenished by natural processes. At the current rate, the remaining carbon budget to have a shot at keeping temperature rises to 1.5C above the pre-industrial average will be burnt through in the next few years. The crisis is here, now."