Video Message by the Secretary-General of the UN on World Environment Day
5 June 2021
联合国秘书长2021年世界环境日视频致辞
2021年6月5日
We are rapidly reaching the point of no return for the planet.
我们即将快速到达无法挽救地球的临界点。
We face a triple environmental emergency –biodiversity loss, climate disruption and escalating pollution.
我们面临着三重环境危机——生物多样性的丧失、气候的破坏以及污染状况的升级。
For too long, humanity has cut down the Earth's forests, polluted its rivers and oceans, and ploughed its grasslands into oblivion. We are ravaging the very ecosystems that underpin our societies. And, in doing so, we risk depriving ourselves of the food, water and resources we need to survive.
Accomplishing these things will not only safeguard the planet’s resources. It will create millions of new jobs by 2030, generate returns of over $7 trillion dollars every year and help eliminate poverty and hunger.
The United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration is a global call to action. It will draw together political support, scientific research and financial muscle to massively scale up restoration. Everyone can contribute.