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climate change
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ocean acidification
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ozone
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forest degradation
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agrochemical pollution
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freshwater overuse
air
pollution
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biodiversity
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toxic
waste
IPCC estimates damage from 2°C global warming to USD 69 trillion
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70% of our USD 2.5 trillion ocean economy depends on healthy oceans
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Ozone protocol avoiding 280 million cases of skin cancer in the US alone, generating USD 4.2 trillion in health benefits
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Exacerbating climate change, air pollution, soil erosion, biodiversity loss, and disruption of water cycles
Owing to overly intensive agriculture and disruption of nitrogen/phosphorus nutrient cycles, a third of soils already degraded; degradation to reach 90% by 2050
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At current trends, half the world will face severe water stress by 2030, demand to exceed supply by 40% – regional boundaries have already been crossed
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OECD estimates health and productivity costs of air pollution to USD 2.6 trillion per year
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In the US, cleaning up hazardous waste already expected to cost USD 500 billion, posing potential liability risks for companies
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68% of animal populations already lost; nature loss increases transmission risk of animal-borne diseases (like Covid-19) and threatens drug discovery pipeline
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