Post-pandemic economy needs to 'embrace, green transition', says the environmental activists of Vadodara. “Nature is sending us a message,” the UN website warns. “Today, it is estimated that, globally, about one billion cases of illness and millions of deaths occur every year from diseases caused by coronaviruses; and about 75 per cent of all emerging infectious diseases in humans are zoonotic, meaning that they are transmitted to people by animals,” it says. This stark warning came right before the World Environment Day, that is celebrated annually on June 5 since 1974, and is the UN’s flagship program for raising environmental awareness. It focuses on marine pollution, global warming, and sustainable consumption. Our relationship with nature affects everything from air, water, and food to sources of medicine, natural disease resistance, and mitigating climate change. According to the UN, the quantity of live reef cover within the world has been reduced by half over the last 150 ye