Negotiations held in Nairobi at the end of June – where it was hoped the draft text of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework would be finalised – were crippled by semantic squabbling, with critical commitments to firm targets to reduce biodiversit...
by Kate Handley, Daily MaverickThe road to COP15 in Montreal: Nairobi conference fiddles while ecosystems burn by Kate Handley, Daily Maverick July 11, 2022 Biodiversity loss, together with climate change and pollution, comprise the triple planetary crisis eroding economies, endangering livelihoods and threatening the survival of millions of people worldwide.
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