The talks for a global biodiversity framework hit a speed bump early Wednesday when more than 60 nations from the global south walked out
After a three-hour emergency session midday Wednesday with the heads of delegation for the 196 parties to the UN biodiversity convention, the negotiations resumed around 4 p.m. and lasted until close to midnight.
The draft agreement with four broad objectives and 22 targets is still covered in brackets around words and phrases the parties haven’t yet agreed to. He said the hurdle to overcome over the next three days is the perceived impasse between developed countries that want an ambitious target to protect 30 per cent of land and marine areas by 2030, and developing countries that want to make sure the financing is there to help them.
Some developing nations and Indigenous communities around the world have raised concerns that the 30 by 30 target will be a land grab, forcing Indigenous peoples and local communities to vacate land they have occupied and worked to protect for centuries. “I’ve lost count of the number of times some countries have decided to leave the meeting in a very theatrical way to get attention,” he said.
Destruction of nature has serious consequences for human health and prosperity, impacting everything from clean air and clean water to food security and economic growth. The destruction of and human encroachment into wild ecosystems is also raising health risks from animal-borne viruses, an issue many people are more acutely aware of as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
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