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UN biodiversity talks hampered by ‘lack of political will’: WWF

The UN biodiversity conference, known as COP15, aims to set global biodiversity protection and restoration targets by 2030 [Christinne Muschi/Reuters]

A “lack of political will” is hindering the United Nations biodiversity conference, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has warned, urging participating nations to set more ambitious goals to tackle the environmental crisis.

Delegates from nearly 200 countries have gathered in Montreal, Canada in an effort to tackle the rapid decline of global biodiversity – the loss of animals, plants, and other organisms, as well as entire ecosystems around the world.

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