Ghana's Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology (MEST), with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), has officially launched the project "Using UN Biodiversity Lab (UNBL) to Support Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) Mapping in Ghana." Humanity is confronted by an unparalleled triple planetary crisis with urgent and increasing need to simultaneously address pollution, the climate crisis, and biodiversity loss.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) underscores that greenhouse gas emissions must be rapidly reduced by 43% by 2030, while achieving net-zero Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) emissions globally by the early 2050s.
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) reports that approximately one million animal and plant species are threatened with extinction, many within decades, due to human activities.
The World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2024 also identifies extreme weather events, critical changes to Earth's systems, and biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse as the top three most severe risks over the next decade.
