; (D) 50 percent of coral reefs remain; and (E) at the current rate of losses, less than 10 percent of the Earth will be free of substantial human impact by 2050; Whereas climate change is accelerating the decline of nature in the United States; Whereas the Third National Climate Assessment found that climate change— (1) is reducing the ability of ecosystems to provide clean water and regulate water flows; (2) is limiting the ability of nature to buffer communities against disasters such as fires, storms, and floods, which disproportionately impacts communities of color and indigenous populations; and (3) is having far-reaching effects on marine and terrestrial wildlife, including by altering habitats, forcing changes to migratory patterns, and altering the timing of biological events; Whereas the decline of natural areas and wildlife in the United States follows global patterns, as the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services found that approximately 1,000,000 plant and animal species are threatened by extinction over the coming decades as a result of land conversion, development, climate change, invasive species, pollution, and other stressors; Whereas nature, like the climate, is nearing a tipping point where the continued loss and degradation of the natural environment will— (1) push many ecosystems and wildlife species past the point of no return; (2) threaten the health and economic prosperity of the United States; and (3) increase the costs of natural disasters, for which the Federal Government spent about $91,000,000,000 in 2018; Whereas the existing protections for land, the ocean, and wildlife in the United States are not sufficient to prevent a further decline of nature in the United States, with— (1) only 12 percent of the land area in the United States permanently protected, mostly in Alaska and the West