An environmentalist at the COP15 biodiversity conference worries that an agreement could exclude the world’s oceans from protections. “The ocean is 70% of the planet and it holds a huge amount of biodiversity and nature that we all depend on,” he says.
Old-growth rainforest and clearcut forest in Clayoquot Sound, B.C., in 1993.
Although the COP15 biodiversity conference got underway over a week ago, some attendees believe the most important work began when the world’s ministers arrived in Montreal on Wednesday. “The legacy of this COP is going to be written by the ministers who come here,” said Eddy Pérez, the international climate diplomacy manager at Climate Action Network Canada.
According to Pérez, 130 ministers from around the globe were scheduled to begin participating in high-level meetings on Dec. 15. Their arrival could not come at a better time. Discussions broke down earlier this week over financing concerns for biodiversity protection measures, causing a group of developing nations to
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