UN publishes first draft of Paris Agreement-style global treaty for tackling biodiversity loss
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Proposals will be scrutinised by governments ahead of COP15 Biodiversity Summit in Kunming this autumn, where the final text is expected to be negotiated
The UN Convention on Biological Diversity has published the first draft of a global agreement for tackling biodiversity loss, setting out a string of ambitious new targets for 2030 and 2050 to be negotiated by world leaders at the COP15 Biodiversity Summit in Kunming, China.
Among the 2030 targets in the draft framework published yesterday are goals for 30 per cent of land and sea to be protected, for pollution from all sources to be reduced to levels that are not harmful to biodiversity, for pesticide use to be slashed by two thirds, for nutrient run off to be halved, and for plastic pollution eliminated.