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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Canada and China prepare to open Cop15 biodiversity summit despite rifts

Justin Trudeau and Xi Jinping, flanked by two officials, face each other in greeting next to several flags hanging from poles
Canada's prime minister, Justin Trudeau, and China's president, Xi Jinping, at the G20 summit in Bali last month. Photograph: Adam Scotti/PMO/Reuters

More than 10,000 scientists, government officials and activists will gather in Montreal this week for the world’s most important biodiversity conference, eager to hammer out a deal to stem habitat loss around the world and preserve sensitive ecosystems.

The UN Cop15 biodiversity summit opens on Tuesday, and will see countries negotiate this decade’s targets for protecting nature after more than two years of pandemic-related delays and just over two weeks since the end of the Cop27 climate meeting in Egypt.

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