INDIVIDUAL ACTION

Personal choices in people's daily lives such as saving energy, reducing the use of plastic, using public transport, walking and cycling, and not wasting food, would help reduce our impact on the environment, Lambertini said.

"We are 8 billion people in the world and many of us are having a very heavy footprint on the planet. Every single action we can take individually multiplied by millions can really make a big difference."

"We need to consume less. Today, many of us consume far more than is actually needed, (and) are trapped in this consumerism that we need to curb and contain," he said.