The Latest Breaking News from COP15

Cop15: historic deal struck to halt biodiversity loss by 2030

Agreement on ’30 by 30’ target forced through by Chinese president, ignoring objections from African states

The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2022

Rainforest-rich nations ensure COP15 deal on nature sticks

A United Nations summit approved on Monday a landmark global deal to protect nature and direct billions of dollars toward conservation but objections from key African nations, home to large tracts of tropical rainforest, held up its final passage.

Reuters · Dec 19, 2022

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

While other countries have made additional pledges, Australia criticised for failing to offer more than its budget commitments

The Guardian - AU · Dec 19, 2022

The Earth's Corr: Nature collapse means the end of us all and that should worry everyone

We are wiping out other species at an alarming rate to get what we want

Belfast Live · Dec 16, 2022

Watered down: why negotiators at Cop15 are barely mentioning the ocean

With only two instances of the word ‘ocean’ in the latest 5,000-word working agreement, delegates fear marine biodiversity is being sacrificed

The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2022

COP15: A call to action for investors to help us meet vital biodiversity goals

The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, opened the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) in Montréal with a stark message: “Without nature, we are nothing. Nature is our life-support system, and yet humanity seems hell bent on destruction.”

The Conversation · Dec 15, 2022

Cop15: Lula calls on rich nations to give more to protect Earth’s ecosystems

Brazil’s incoming president adds voice to demand as Montreal talks restart after series of walkouts

The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2022

'Nature is in peril and we do not have another decade to save it' - Minister Malcolm Noonan tells COP15

“Ireland is committed to supporting negotiations for an ambitious global biodiversity framework that will halt and reverse biodiversity loss."

Irish Mirror · Dec 15, 2022

First Nations get conservation

Guardian programs offer one example of how governments can work with Indigenous peoples

Salon · Dec 15, 2022

Actor and activist James Cromwell warns COP15 'we are killing the only home we will ever have'

Delegations from around the world are in Montreal for the China/Canada co-chaired event from December 7-19

Irish Mirror · Dec 14, 2022