We are facing a global, ecological emergency. And human activity is to blame for that.
That is what a report on the state of nature on the Earth, due to be released on Monday, is expected to say.
The findings are likely to lay out the bleak future prospect for many species.
Rising ocean temperatures are threatening the arctic cod, a fish considered to be a delicacy around the world.
Al Jazeera's Nick Clark reports from the Lofoten Islands in Arctic Norway.