COP15 Conference

• Global ocean protection conference in B.C. looks to build on COP15 work

  Federal politicians are expected to make a significant announcement on ocean protection during an international conference in Vancouver that begins on Saturday.

  Environment

  Feb 3, 2023
  
• 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
  
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• 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
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• 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
• 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
• 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
• Greenpeace demonstrators hoist banner in downtown Montreal during COP15 summit

  A large banner of artwork was hoisted at the centre of the ring at Place Ville Marie to denounce the decline of biodiversity around the world.

  Environment

  Dec 8, 2022
• Canada’s COP15 negotiator says business groups have role to play in biodiversity

  The co-chair of one of the Montreal conference's working groups says the private sector is looking for rules and certainty on the environmental effectiveness of its investments.

  Environment

  Dec 8, 2022
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• COP15: Real work on hard targets gets underway at UN biodiversity conference

  Observers are optimistic countries at the COP15 meeting in Montreal can agree that nearly a third of Earth's lands and waters should come under some form protection by 2030.

  Environment

  Dec 7, 2022
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• ‘Nature is under threat,’ Trudeau warns to open COP15 biodiversity conference

  Over the next 14 days, international negotiators in Montreal are being asked to hammer out an agreement to begin to restore the ecosystems we have destroyed and damaged.

  Environment

  Dec 6, 2022