United Nations Climate Action – On climate and nature

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Healthy ecosystems can provide 37 per cent of the mitigation needed to limit global temperature rise. Damaged ecosystems release carbon instead of storing it. Coral reefs are particularly vulnerable to climate change. The $345 billion provided as global subsidies for fossil fuels results in $5 trillion in overall costs, including in terms of deterioration of nature.