The Latest Breaking News from COP15

As Colombia announces it will host the next biodiversity meeting, there is cautious optimism about the progress made since Cop15

Water scarcity threatening agriculture faster than expected, warns Cop15 desertification president

Discussions at the recent COP15 biodiversity conference in Montréal highlighted once again the impact of human activities on wildlife. Many species are forced to migrate, are seeing their populations declining, or worse, are finding themselves on the brink of extinction. For example, the populations of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus) are…

Many agree that strides have been made in protecting biodiversity and the oceans – but much remains to be done

Wealthy countries and businesses should act now to ensure success of historic nature agreement signed at Cop15 in Montreal

The United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) wrapped up in Montréal on Sunday. The ratification of the so-called 30x30 proposal to protect 30 per cent of the Earth’s territories by 2030 was a central focus during the 12 days of negotiations at the international summit.

In the early hours of Dec. 19 — the last day of the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) conference in Montréal — the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted their new post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.

A landmark biodiversity deal cliched at the Cop15 summit offers a mixed bag for nature-rich developing countries – namely the Democratic Republic of Congo – which now supports the text despite earlier protests over funding for conservation efforts.

Inger Andersen said we must not ‘pause for a second’ as we ‘change the relationship between people and nature’