COP15

• COP15: Main points of biodiversity deal adopted in Montreal

  Negotiators have adopted a new deal aimed at halting the destruction of nature and beginning to repair the damage. Here are six of the main commitments in the framework.

  Canada

  Dec 19, 2022
  
• COP15: Negotiators reach nature deal ahead of convention’s last day

  The United Nations says three-quarters of the world's land has been altered by human activities and one million species face extinction this century as a result.

  Environment

  Dec 19, 2022
  
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• COP15 negotiators heading towards a global nature deal: Environment minister

  Chinese Environment Minister Huang Runqiu released the new draft of the Kunming-Montreal Global biodiversity framework on Sunday morning.

  Canada

  Dec 18, 2022
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• COP15: China presents biodiversity framework for approval

  China is officially the president of COP15 and as such oversees the negotiations, but the meeting itself was moved to Canada because of ongoing COVID-19 restrictions in China.

  Canada

  Dec 18, 2022
• COP15: Deadline nears for nature negotiations but disagreements remain

  Some progress on the new agreement to protect nature has been made on less controversial targets such as gender equity, but the marquee targets are still covered in maybes.

  Environment

  Dec 17, 2022
• COP15: Countries must overcome ‘trust deficit,’ UN official says at biodiversity talks

  "If we don't take care of our biodiversity, there will be no us," said Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations.

  Environment

  Dec 16, 2022
• COP15: Environment ministers try to salvage talks after walkout over financing

  More than 60 nations from the global south walked out over concerns that pledges from rich countries to fund conservation were too small and too vague.

  Environment

  Dec 15, 2022
• First Nations, governments working to establish Indigenous protected area in Manitoba

  Four First Nations announced at the COP15 global biodiversity talks in Montreal Wednesday they hope to establish a protected area in the Seal River Watershed in northern Manitoba.

  Environment

  Dec 14, 2022
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• COP15: Developing countries walk out of Montreal biodiversity conference over funding

  Discussions at the Montreal conference are also scheduled on how global capital flows can be harnessed to work with nature rather than exploit it.

  Environment

  Dec 14, 2022
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• COP15: Focus turns to financing in final days of global biodiversity conference

  Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says setting ambitious targets for preserving land and water won't help if there isn't adequate funding.

  Environment

  Dec 13, 2022