Indigenous people seek leadership, respect in biodiversity battle UN biodiversity conference renews global call to respect Indigenous rights and stewardship over critical territories. Al Jazeera · Dec 9, 2022
Uganda receives 1,200 trial Ebola vaccines On tonight's show: Uganda takes delivery of 1,200 trial Ebola vaccines. The jab aims to tackle a strain of the virus that has so far claimed 56 lives and infected hundreds. Also, Nigeria's defence chief rubbishes Reuters' claims about a secretive military abortion programme. Plus COP15 gets underway in Canada,… France 24 · Dec 9, 2022
Return of beavers to Scotland hailed as global example by Scots nature minister EXCLUSIVE: Speaking ahead of the crucial UN COP15 summit, Green biodiversity minister Lorna Slater said 'destructive' man-made activities towards nature had to end. Daily Record · Dec 9, 2022
Biodiversity: Ocean 'dead zones' are proliferating due to global warming As the UN’s COP15 talks on biodiversity got under way in Montreal on Wednesday, FRANCE 24 spoke to marine biologist Françoise Gaill about marine “dead zones” and their link to global warming. France 24 · Dec 8, 2022
COP15: Growing impact of unsustainable agriculture, forestry and fisheries to be at heart of debate This week in Montreal, Canada, Minister Malcolm Noonan and Irish representatives have joined policy makers from around the world to try and forge a deal to protect nature at global biodiversity summit COP15 Irish Mirror · Dec 8, 2022
Three ways Cop15 can help save a million species from extinction In this week’s newsletter: Dismal results from previous conferences mean the stakes are high at this year’s event – this time it simply has to be different The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2022
Cop15: Trudeau pledges £510m for Indigenous-led conservation projects Canada’s prime minister calls on China, Russia and Brazil to expand protected areas for nature The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2022
COP15 biodiversity summit in Montréal: Canada failed to meet its 2020 conservation targets. Will 2030 be any better? The 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is underway in Montréal. Like the COP27 climate conference held in Egypt last month, the goal of this conference is to get member nations to make agreements that can help reverse or slow down… The Conversation · Dec 7, 2022
U.N. summit on nature presents chance for 'once-in-a-decade' deal Climate campaigners waved placards and chanted pro-nature slogans on Wednesday as a U.N. summit kicks off in Montreal, bringing together global negotiators for a "once-in-a-decade opportunity" to protect nature. Reuters · Dec 7, 2022
Cop15 negotiators have left their homework to the last minute – can they scrape a pass? Pressure is increasing on world leaders to make progress at the UN biodiversity summit – but the pile of unfinished tasks is mounting The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2022
The COP no one wants you to know about COP15 is the biodiversity equivalent of COP27–but it's being largely ignored by the media and politicians. Fortune · Dec 7, 2022
‘Humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction’: UN UN chief Antonio Guterres says the COP15 talks on biodiversity must stop humanity from ‘committing suicide by proxy’. Al Jazeera · Dec 7, 2022
Avoiding climate breakdown depends on protecting Earth’s biodiversity -- can the COP15 summit deliver? Thousands of delegates have gathered in Montreal, Canada, for a once-in-a-decade chance to address the accelerating pace of species loss and the dangers of ecosystem breakdown. The Conversation · Dec 7, 2022
Humanity has become ‘weapon of mass extinction’, UN head tells Cop15 launch António Guterres calls for end to destruction of nature as Canada pushes proposal to protect 30% of Earth The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2022
The Conversation · Dec 6, 2022 COP15: three visions for protecting nature on the table at the UN biodiversity conference With the dust still settling on the UN climate change summit in Egypt, another round of international talks is beginning in Montreal, Canada. The UN biodiversity conference, otherwise known as COP15, will assemble world leaders to agree on new targets for protecting nature.
Reuters · Dec 6, 2022 Explainer-What's on the agenda at the U.N.'s COP15 nature summit? A key United Nations summit to halt nature loss begins this week in Montreal, Canada. Delegates from nearly 200 countries will spend two weeks hashing out a new global deal to protect the world's struggling species and fast-vanishing wild places.
Al Jazeera · Dec 5, 2022 COP15: Why does the UN biodiversity conference matter? Conference aims to lay out plan to tackle ‘unsustainable rate’ of global biodiversity loss. Here’s all you need to know.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2022 Cop15 security operation will be biggest for 20 years, Montreal police say Protests against oil and mining have been planned, as thousands of delegates arrive for UN biodiversity summit
The Conversation · Dec 5, 2022 How pastoral farming can help to avoid a biodiversity crisis The world is losing its biodiversity. An estimated 41,000 animal species are now threatened with extinction. World leaders will convene at the UN COP15 biodiversity conference in Montreal this month to discuss ways of reversing this decline.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2022 ‘We need to be braver’: young naturalists on the world beyond Cop15 Birdwatchers Mya, Arjun and Kabir have grown up seeing the effects of wildlife decline. They talk about what inspires them, their hopes for future action and how everyone can connect with the nature on their doorstep
Tribune News Service · Dec 5, 2022 Mass extinctions are happening. Can they be stopped? Scientists, conservationists and government representatives will gather this week in Montreal to decide on a plan to stop a stunning loss of plant and animal life around the globe. The United Nations' COP15 — a conference on biological diversity — offers a rare chance for countries to set mutual commitments…
The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2022 Stop burning trees to make energy, say 650 scientists before Cop15 biodiversity summit Letter says bioenergy is wrongly deemed ‘carbon neutral’ and contributes to wildlife loss
The Guardian - AU · Dec 4, 2022 Australia urged to take leadership role at Cop15 biodiversity summit ‘The conference for nature this month in Montreal could be what Paris was for climate,’ Tanya Plibersek says
The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2022 Canada and China prepare to open Cop15 biodiversity summit despite rifts Ministers and experts say disputes between co-hosts unlikely to disrupt efforts to reach deal on protecting natural world
The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2022 Canada accused of putting its timber trade ahead of global environment Weeks before Cop15 in Montreal, leaked letter to EU shows host tried to water down deforestation regulations