Biodiversity at risk as much as climate, warns UN conference As diplomats from 130 nations gather in Paris to lay the groundwork for a rescue plan for life on Earth, biodiversity experts are trying to engineer a "Paris moment" for Nature akin to the 2015 Paris climate treaty. According a draft UN report that painstakingly catalogues how humanity has undermined the natural resources upon which its very survival depends, up to a million species face extinction, many within decades, and three-quarters of Earth's land surface has been "severely altered". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES