Nature at the tipping point | Rebecca Shaw | TEDxBoston

What if the forces pushing nature toward collapse could be harnessed to save it? Wildlife populations have declined 73% in just 50 years — a slowly mounting crisis as vast and consequential as any threat facing our planet. World Wildlife Fund Chief Scientist, Rebecca Shaw, reveals how the same logic that drove the renewable energy revolution can be applied to halt — and reverse — nature's collapse. From the food and finance systems driving destruction to the cascading power of well-designed interventions, she maps a path from an extractive society to a regenerative one. Saving nature won't happen by accident; it will happen by design. Dr. Rebecca Shaw is chief scientist at WWF, where she leads the Global Science team to develop solutions for the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. She serves as editor-in-chief of WWF’s Living Planet Report and is a lead author of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report. Her work has been featured in Science, Nature, and major media outlets including The New York Times and 60 Minutes. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx