Cop15 in Montreal: did the summit deliver for the natural world?

The talking is over, and a text has been agreed on the next decade of targets to save the natural world. Here are the highs and lows of the Convention of Biological Diversity's (CBD) agreementThe term "nature positive", which scientists had said would be the biodiversity equivalent of "net zero", did not make the final document. Many will see this as a missed opportunity - a unifying idea similar to keeping global heating to within 1.5C. However, the 2030 goal to "take urgent action to halt and reverse biodiversity loss" is still considered a relatively strong call to action. Continue reading...