Restoring nature is key to a more resilient future

Nature is humanity’s life-support system, but it is being depleted at an alarming rate, leaving our world increasingly vulnerable. From deadly heatwaves and raging wildfires to catastrophic floods and prolonged droughts, the effects of environmental change have been impossible to ignore this year. With El Nino forecast to intensify, the risks to people, nature and economies are only increasing.These shocks are unfolding against the backdrop of widespread nature loss, with WWF’s Living Planet Report 2026 finding that the average size of monitored wildlife populations declined by 73 percent between 1970 and 2022. Nature loss is increasingly a question of economic and national resilience – affecting food and water security, health, supply chains and geopolitical stability.The situation is serious, but science shows there are still grounds for hope.The economic systems driving nature’s decline can be transformed, and change can accelerate much faster than many may expect. Evidence shows that under the right conditions, positive change can cross a tipping point threshold and become self-reinforcing, making a safer, more resilient future not just possible, but inevitable.The question is:...