The international framework pledges to protect 30 percent of land and water by 2030, but critics say it doesn’t go far enough to address the urgency of biodiversity loss and climate change.
COP15, MONTREAL, Canada After marathon negotiations and a clutch of protests (including a “die-in” by global youth, and a walk-out by developing countries over a funding stalemate) nearly 200 nations struck a historic deal to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by the end of the decade, at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, […]
MONTREAL: As high-stakes United Nations (UN) biodiversity talks in Montreal draw to a close, delegates will be presented with a draft deal to safeguard the planet’s ecosystems and species by 2030.