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COP15 ends with landmark biodiversity agreement

The United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) ended in Montreal, Canada, on 19 December 2022 with a landmark agreement to guide global action on nature through to 2030. Representatives from 188 governments have been gathered in Montreal for the past two weeks for the important summit. ”By 2030: Protect 30% of Earth’s lands, oceans, coastal areas, inland waters; Reduce by $500 billion annual harmful government subsidies; Cut food waste in half” Full details here...

Biodiversity conference 2022 ( COP 15 )

COP15 is shorthand for the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity The 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the UN Biodiversity Conference will convene governments from around the world to agree to a new set of goals to halt and reverse biodiversity loss over the next decade and beyond through the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). While they are both Conferences of the Parties, and numbered similarly, COP15 and COP26...