UN Launches Decade of Ecosystem Restoration 

NEW YORK - The United Nations is marking World Environment Day with the launch of a decade dedicated to restoring the Earth’s ecosystem, which is rapidly approaching “the point of no return,” U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday.

“Science tells us these next 10 years are our final chance to avert a climate catastrophe, turn back the deadly tide of pollution and end species loss,” Guterres said in a video address, a day ahead of the international day intended to raise environmental awareness and protection. "So, let today be the start of a new decade – one in which we finally make peace with nature and secure a better future for all,” he said. Guterres said the world faces a “triple environmental emergency”: biodiversity loss, climate disruption and increasing pollution.