INFORME PLANETA VIVO 2024

The Living Planet Report 2024 reveals a 73% average decline in monitored wildlife populations between 1970 and 2020, with freshwater species suffering the most (85%). The report warns that cumulative pressures from habitat loss, overexploitation, and climate change are pushing ecosystems toward irreversible tipping points, such as the collapse of the Amazon rainforest or coral reefs. It argues that current national commitments are insufficient to meet the 1.5°C climate goal or the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework targets. To avoid catastrophic failure, the document calls for a systemic transformation: shifting to nature-positive food production, tripling renewable energy capacity by 2030, and redirecting the $7 trillion in annual harmful subsidies toward nature-based solutions.

• Between 1970 and 2020, the average size of monitored wildlife populations decreased by 73%, based on nearly 35,000 population trends across 5,495 species.
• Freshwater species have experienced the most severe decline at 85%, followed by terrestrial species at 69% and marine species at 56%.
• Regional declines vary significantly, with the most rapid decreases occurring in Latin America and the Caribbean (95%), Africa (76%), and Asia and the Pacific (60%).
• Habitat degradation and loss, primarily driven by the global food system, is the most cited threat across all regions, followed by overexploitation, invasive species, and disease.
• The report identifies six imminent global tipping points: mass coral reef death, the Amazon rainforest tipping point, the collapse of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre, the melting of the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets, and large-scale permafrost thaw.
• The Amazon rainforest could reach a tipping point if 20-25% of the forest is destroyed; current estimates suggest 14-17% has already been deforested.
• Current national climate commitments are projected to lead to a global temperature increase of nearly 3°C by the end of the century, far exceeding the 1.5°C target.
• The global food system uses 40% of all habitable land, 70% of freshwater withdrawals, and is responsible for over 25% of greenhouse gas emissions.
• To limit warming to 1.5°C, the world must triple renewable energy capacity and double energy efficiency by 2030, requiring annual investments to increase from $1.5 trillion in 2022 to at least $4.5 trillion by 2030.
• Approximately 55% of global GDP (about $58 trillion) depends moderately or highly on nature, yet annual financial flows that harm nature are estimated at nearly $7 trillion, while positive flows for nature-based solutions are only $200 billion.

APA

WWF International (2024). INFORME PLANETA VIVO 2024. https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/1847/informe_planeta_vivo_2024_completo_1.pdf

Chicago

WWF International. INFORME PLANETA VIVO 2024. 2024. https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/1847/informe_planeta_vivo_2024_completo_1.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{wwfinternational2024informe, author = {{WWF International}}, title = {{INFORME PLANETA VIVO 2024}}, institution = {WWF International}, year = {2024}, url = {https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/1847/informe_planeta_vivo_2024_completo_1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }