Sources

Citations for the statistics referenced across the Capacity website.

• There is a €700 billion funding gap in biodiversity.
  Paulson Institute and The Nature Conservancy, 2024
• 150 species are lost every minute.
  U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity, 2023
• 68% of all wildlife populations were destroyed in the last 50 years.
  WWF Living Planet Report, 2020
• 75% of Earth's land surface is degraded.
  Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), 2022
• 90% of large fish populations are depleted.
  Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), 2022
• 1 million more species could be lost by 2035.
  Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), 2022
• 39,000 microplastic particles are consumed by each human.
  Human Consumption of Microplastics, Environmental Science & Technology, 2019, Per Year Average