Science Alert February 17, 2020 Our Future on Earth, 2020 – a report published by Future Earth, an international sustainability research network, includes a survey of 222 leading scientists from 52 countries who identified five global risks: failure of climate change mitigation and adaptation; extreme weather events; major biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse; food crises; and water crises. They identified these risks as the most severe in terms of impact on planetary health – the health of human civilization and the state of the natural systems on which it depends. It also highlights where progress is being made, such as […]