The next UN biodiversity chief will be Astrid Schomaker, an EU civil servant who will be entrusted with helping the world confront the ongoing catastrophic…
View More UN names veteran EU official Astrid Schomaker as new biodiversity chiefTag: Cop15
I thought most of us were going to die from the climate crisis. I was wrong
“Scientists say temperatures could rise by 6C by 2100 and call for action ahead of UN meeting in Paris” – Independent, 2015. A world that…
View More I thought most of us were going to die from the climate crisis. I was wrongTurkey withdraws as host of Cop16, blaming February’s earthquakes
Turkey has withdrawn from hosting the United Nations’ Cop16 biodiversity summit in 2024, citing three large earthquakes in February that devastated parts of the country.…
View More Turkey withdraws as host of Cop16, blaming February’s earthquakesFinancial sector ‘critical’ to stemming biodiversity loss, says Thérèse Coffey
The financial sector must be encouraged to invest in nature conservation for the world to meet this decade’s UN biodiversity targets, the UK environment secretary…
View More Financial sector ‘critical’ to stemming biodiversity loss, says Thérèse CoffeyThe ‘carbon pirates’ preying on Amazon’s Indigenous communities
A number of Indigenous communities in the Amazon say that “carbon pirates” have become a threat to their way of life as western companies seek…
View More The ‘carbon pirates’ preying on Amazon’s Indigenous communities‘Embrace history’: UN environment chief calls for immediate action on Cop15 deal
The UN’s environment chief has urged citizens, businesses and governments to “not pause for a second” in implementing the new once-in-a-decade deal to halt the…
View More ‘Embrace history’: UN environment chief calls for immediate action on Cop15 dealCop15 in Montreal: did the summit deliver for the natural world?
Conservation of species The term “nature positive”, which scientists had said would be the biodiversity equivalent of “net zero”, did not make the final document.…
View More Cop15 in Montreal: did the summit deliver for the natural world?What’s this unfamiliar feeling I have after the Cop15 meeting? It might just be hope | Craig Bennett
I don’t normally finish United Nations Cop meetings with a smile on my face. Yet as the sun sets on the UN biodiversity conference, Cop15,…
View More What’s this unfamiliar feeling I have after the Cop15 meeting? It might just be hope | Craig BennettCop15: historic deal struck to halt biodiversity loss by 2030
Governments appear to have signed a once-in-a-decade deal to halt the destruction of Earth’s ecosystems, but the agreement seems to have been forced through by…
View More Cop15: historic deal struck to halt biodiversity loss by 2030Cop15: UK accused of hypocrisy over environment protection targets
The UK’s environment targets are a missed opportunity to protect Britain’s rainforests, cold water coral reefs, chalk streams and peat bogs, environmentalists have said, amid…
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