Abstract

There is no doubt that the global change that affects our planet is manifested without respite. Natural ecosystems are collapsing and human society is being affected. The causes of this global change include the increase in the human population, alterations in biochemical cycles, changes in land use, alterations in biodiversity and climate change. Certainly what initially began in the mid- 19th century with the intention of providing a greater wellbeing of life to humanity and is now referred to as “The Industrial Revolution”, brought with it a high environmental cost that we are all paying today – rich and poor; more and less guilty; humanity and nature. Perhaps, as is often said in the face of the great and serious problems that afflict us, it is no longer important how it began but what we do and how we do to it to mitigate these problems. This chapter deals with two of the causes that are responsible for this global change: Climate change and loss of biodiversity. Both topics are crucial in the 2015 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): 13, Climate Action and 15, Life of Terrestrial Ecosystems (United Nations Development Program [UNDP], 2015). We will discuss them with a relational approach so that we can visualise how they are interlinked. Furthermore, we will analyse the issue of climate and biodiversity in the current context of interregional cooperation between the European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean.