Greens lambast Labor for failing to offer extra funding for global nature deal at Cop15

The Greens environment spokesperson, Sarah Hanson-Young, has urged the Australian government to help keep ambition high by putting some more money on the table for key global conservation measures at the Cop15 summit in Montreal. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

The Greens have criticised the Albanese government for failing to offer any new money for conservation measures at a global conference aiming to secure a new agreement for nature for the next decade.

Countries have been meeting at the Cop15 summit in Montreal to negotiate targets for the protection and restoration of nature, including a target of $US200bn a year to fund conservation work.