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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Patrick Greenfield

‘Embrace history’: UN environment chief calls for immediate action on Cop15 deal

Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, Inger Andersen
The executive director of the UN environment programme, Inger Andersen, said that 'given half a chance, nature will bounce back’. Photograph: Andrej Ivanov/AFP/Getty Images

The UN’s environment chief has urged citizens, businesses and governments to “not pause for a second” in implementing the new once-in-a-decade deal to halt the destruction of nature, calling for changes in consumption patterns and attitudes.

“[With the new agreement] we are acknowledging that protecting the natural world represents a sum of linear efforts by governments, by businesses and by us – each one of us as individuals and consumers,” said Inger Andersen, the executive director of the UN environment programme.

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