To Care for Humanity, We Must Care for Nature, Says UN Chief

On World Environment Day, UN Secretary-General, António Guterres said that “To care for humanity, we must care for nature. As we work to build back better, let’s put nature where it belongs - at the heart of our decision making.”

Time for nature, Says UN.

The foods we eat, the air we breathe, the water we drink and the climate that makes our planet habitable all come from nature. For instance, each year, marine plants produce more than a half of our atmosphere's oxygen, and a mature tree cleans our air, absorbing 22 kilos of carbon dioxide, releasing oxygen in exchange.

To care for humanity, we must care for nature.

As we work to build back better, let’s put nature where it belongs - at the heart of our decision making.

On #WorldEnvironmentDay and every day, it’s time #ForNature.https://t.co/FRczOcLPUv pic.twitter.com/v1TtB3HorC

— António Guterres (@antonioguterres) June 5, 2020

Despite all the benefits that our nature give us, we still mistreat it. That is why we need to work on that. That is why we need this Observance.

World Environment Day, hosted by Colombia this 2020, is the most renowned day for environmental action. Since 1974, it has been celebrated every year on 5 June: engaging governments, businesses, celebrities and citizens to focus their efforts on a pressing environmental issue.

This year, the theme is biodiversity – a concern that is both urgent and existential. Recent events, from bushfires in Brazil, the United States, and Australia to locust infestations across East Africa – and now, a global disease pandemic – demonstrate the interdependence of humans and the webs of life, in which they exist.

Must Watch: Sir David Attenborough’s surprise appearance and nature video 'Seven Worlds One Planet' at last year’s Glastonbury Music Festival in the UK: