As reported in the UN News, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, stated in no uncertain terms that the planet is rapidly reaching a point of no return. “For too long, humanity has cut down the Earth’s forests, polluted its rivers and oceans, and ploughed its grasslands into oblivion.” In his address to mark World Environment Day, he warned that we are “ravaging the very ecosystems that underpin our societies. And in doing so, we are just depriving ourselves of the foo...