We depend upon these resources and yet, as we extract them, we are destroying places where wildlife lives. There are an estimated 1 million species at risk of extinction. As a result, the delicate balance between species that sustains life on Earth is at risk of collapse, with damaged ecosystems making the climate crisis worse, undermining our food supply and putting livelihoods at risk. Half of global GDP is moderately or highly dependent on nature, according to the World Economic Forum.
In our carbon audit, greenhouse gases are the endpoint of our analysis (in common with most businesses, we report on our carbon footprint in terms of the equivalent amount of greenhouse gases emitted). But no such north star exists for nature it cannot be boiled down to one thing. Impacts range from depletion of water resources to water pollution, air pollution and species loss driven by changes in land use, such as deforestation. Not even ecologists can agree on how it should be measured, yet they agree we need to act.
We followed the same methodologies outlined in an analysis published in the journal Nature. There is a lot we still don't know, but in the spirit of transparency and accountability, we want to share with readers how we carried out our first ever measurement of the Guardian's impact on nature and what we found.
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