Uniting climate and biodiversity agendas through circularity Photo by Sanket Shah/ Unsplash / 15 Feb 2021 Speech prepared for delivery at the World Sustainable Development Summit 2021 on 'Redefining our Common Future: Safe and Secure Environment for All’. Thank you to the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) for the invitation to speak at the 20th edition of the World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS), which takes place under the shadow of the tragedy in Uttarakhand. My thoughts are with everyone affected by this disaster. As we all know, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned us that glacier melt would happen as temperatures rose. We know that human activities across the world, including in Uttarakhand, have degraded our landscapes. And on a larger scale, we know that degradation of nature can drive disasters and contribute to pandemics, such as COVID-19. And we know that the three planetary crises of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste are increasing the frequency and intensity of events that claim lives and destroy livelihoods, communities and economies.