Climate change 'one part of environmental puzzle' | The Australian

CLIMATE change should not overshadow important environmental issues such as managing ecosystems, protecting biodiversity and sustainable development, World Wildlife Fund global president Yolanda Kakabadse said yesterday.

Ms Kakabadse, a former environment minister in Ecuador, does think climate change is important. In fact, she likes to call it "climate emergency" because people today are conditioned to believe that "change is good".

Speaking ahead of conference appearances in Sydney and Canberra this week, Ms Kakabadse said climate change was only one part of the environment puzzle.

"The climate change agenda has overtaken every discussion and debate on the environment without realising that depletion of natural resources and ecosystems and biodiversity is one of the main causes," she said.

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