India, Dec. 15 -- Biodiversity loss and land degradation are intensifying climate change, a UN report says.

Key ecosystems are shifting from absorbing carbon to releasing it.

Parts of the Amazon face irreversible change if climate tipping points are crossed.

Soil and peatland degradation is driving significant greenhouse gas emissions.

Invasive species, air pollution and warming are accelerating ecological decline.

Loss of biodiversity and land degradation driven by human activity are increasingly disrupting the climate system, triggering atmospheric changes that in turn accelerate further ecological damage, according to the latest Global Environment Outlook report.

The Global Environment Outlook-7 (GEO-7), published on December 9, ...