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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Patrick Greenfield

Three ways Cop15 can help save a million species from extinction

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers a speech during the opening of COP15, the two-week U.N. biodiversity summit, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada December 6, 2022.
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers a speech during the opening of COP15, the two-week U.N. biodiversity summit, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada December 6, 2022. Photograph: Christinne Muschi/Reuters

This time has to be different. In the history of UN biodiversity agreements, governments have never made good on targets they have set for themselves. We have all heard the dramatic warnings: the abundance of life on Earth is rapidly declining and some scientists warn of a sixth mass extinction. But real action is yet to follow from world leaders.

How do we halt the decline of nature?

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