Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Report: Escaping the ‘Era of Pandemics’: Experts Warn Worse Crises to Come Options Offered to Reduce Risk Highlights: Intergovernmental Council on Pandemic Prevention; Addressing risk drivers including deforestation & wildlife trade; Tax high pandemic-risk activities 540,000 – 850,000 unknown viruses in nature could still infect people; More frequent, deadly and costly pandemics forecast; Current economic impacts are 100 times the estimated cost of prevention Future pandemics will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, do more damage to the world economy and kill more people than COVID-19 unless there is a transformative

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