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斯德哥尔摩—本月早些时候，一份关于地球生命的悲惨状态的悲观评估成为全球新闻标题。根据这份生物多样性和生态系统维持政府间科学政策平台（IPBES）的报告，目前有大约12%的已知动植物物种存在灭绝威胁。更糟糕的是，人类正在摧毁整个栖息地，支持社会和经济的生命网络也将随之消失。毫不奇怪，这些发现令人感到绝望。
作为IPBES科学贡献者和报告合作者，我们每天都会面临这样的消息。对于人类给大自然造成的巨大损坏规模，无动于衷是不可能的。但报告以相当的深度——尽管对于这一点报道不多——提出了扭转这一令人警惕的趋势的一些办法。但要想获得成功，人类需要做出四大转变。
首先，我们必须大幅改革我们的法律、经济和科技体系。报告强调，保护区和立法诚然避免了许多物种（如大熊猫）的灭绝。进一步的保护措施也是明确需要的。但人类需要做出更加根本性的改变。
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