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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Patrick Greenfield

Four years after the promises of Cop15, our biodiversity targets are slipping away

COP15 biodiversity conference leaders raise joined hands in celebration on stage
The optimism of Cop15 has faded in recent years. Photograph: IISD

The world has lost its way on nature once again. Next week, biodiversity Cop17 begins in Yerevan, Armenia, and expectations are low. Very low.

Almost four years ago, governments reached an historic agreement at the biodiversity Cop15 to halt the destruction of Earth’s ecosystems – to rapturous applause in Montreal, Canada. I still remember the excitement in the hall in the early hours of that freezing December morning.

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