AVAAZ - POINTING THE WAY TO SAVE OURSELVES FROM EXTINCTION

 This email from Avaaz seemed important enough to save and share as a blogpost. The perspective is very powerful.

Hi! This is one of the most important moments to help end the extinction crisis the world has ever seen. No exaggeration. A new global deal to save nature could be signed in 5 months -- but as Avaaz staff get back from the latest negotiations, there’s still massive campaigning and advocacy work needed to ensure this treaty can really save nature -- and humanity. We only have 5 months to do it -- and with your support we can double our efforts. Avaaz is 100% powered by individual donations like yours -- chip in a weekly amount below, or click here to make a one-time donation. Thank you, deeply, from all of us at Avaaz. Dear friends, 65 million years ago, an asteroid killed 75% of life on Earth. Today we're facing another mass extinction -- but this time, the asteroid is us. Humanity has now destroyed two-thirds of the world's rainforests, half the coral reefs, and 87% of all wetlands. Now a million species are howling on the sharp edge of extinction. We couldn't stop the last mass die-off, but we can stop this one. The next five months are critical. Governments are busy negotiating a new global deal to save nature, with final talks at the end of August. It means we only have 150 days to ensure leaders follow the science and agree to protect half the planet. Their decisions will be decisive for life on Earth, so we have to go all out. If 10,000 of us make a small weekly donation, we can storm the talks, shaking the halls of power with the voices of Indigenous people, scientists, and millions of citizens. We'll face down the polluters and poachers, pushing our leaders for a deal to truly end the extinction crisis. I promise you this: we'll fight with every fibre of our being. Because Earth can't wait anymore. For the bees, birds, bears, and every strand in the fragile web of life, join this deafening roar for the planet -- donate what you can now with one click: I'LL DONATE £2 WEEKLY I'LL DONATE £3 WEEKLY I'LL DONATE £4 WEEKLY OTHER AMOUNT Or make a single donation More than 50 governments have now agreed to protect 30% of the planet by 2030 -- but scientists say it isn't enough. For nature to regenerate, and to save our planet's life-support systems, we have to protect half the Earth -- and we need a global treaty to enforce action. Avaaz campaigners are already shaping the treaty, in fact our team of nature defenders is just back from the preliminary Geneva talks! But too many leaders are siding with polluters, weakening agreements, and running down the clock. We can't let it happen! Millions are getting this email right now. If enough of us make a small weekly donation, we could: Super-size our campaign for maximum pressure on world leaders to deliver a real deal to save nature; Bring the largest delegation of Indigenous leaders and scientists, backed by millions, into the final negotiations;  Defend the rights of Indigenous communities who've protected vast stretches of the natural world for centuries;  Power Avaaz's fight to defend critical ecosystems, like the Amazon rainforest -- and mobilise to elect leaders who protect them; And launch powerful new campaigns to shift billions spent on dirty investments into planet-saving projects around the world.  Ultimately, this is about survival. What happens to the natural world, happens to us all. We are not separate from nature; we are part of it, connected to the very trees, rivers, and oceans that are being decimated. But we also have the power to change course. Our fragile Earth needs a voice. Let's be deafening together -- donate what you can now:  I'LL DONATE £2 WEEKLY I'LL DONATE £3 WEEKLY I'LL DONATE £4 WEEKLY OTHER AMOUNT Or make a single donation The world is rightly focused on the devastating war in the Ukraine, and Avaaz is doing all we can. But while the war rages, the chainsaws, diggers, and polluters are charging ahead, pulverising the planet into a barren, lifeless tundra. We can't miss this opportunity to fight for life on Earth -- and with your support, we can do it. For the Earth of our dreams, let's rise together. With endless hope and wild determination -- always, Mike, Marigona, Adela, Kaitlin, Camille, Alis, Sofia, Nell, and the whole team at Avaaz More information: Pressure grows for deal to save nature at crunch talks in Geneva (The Guardian) The plan to turn half the world into a reserve for nature (BBC) The Most Important Global Meeting You’ve Probably Never Heard Of Is Now (The New York Times) Avoiding a ‘Ghastly Future’: Hard Truths on the State of the Planet (Yale Environment 360)

 

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