The Latest Breaking News from Montreal

The buzz phrase aims to be for biodiversity what ‘net zero’ is for climate campaigning. Yet some fear it is too vague, and open to greenwashing

The sea has been ravaged by profiteers – many of whose lobbyists are circling in Montreal, says the author Guy Standing

After the COP27 climate conference, representatives from around the world gathered in Montreal this week for the COP15 meeting dedicated to biodiversity. Scientists say leaders face a crucial challenge: agreeing on a common way forward to safeguard biodiversity by 2030 in order to preserve plant and animal life and help…

Hundreds of people on Saturday braved sub-zero temperatures to march the streets of Montreal, the host city of this year's U.N. biodiversity summit, demanding a strong new deal to protect nature worldwide.

One of the key themes of the summit in Montreal is the urgent need for businesses to spend more on bolstering Nature-based Solutions.

This month's U.N. biodiversity talks in Montreal aim to hammer out a new, global agreement. But this isn't the first time governments have tried to halt environmental loss through agreed targets.

Negotiations on a deal to protect 30% of the Earth by 2030 are woefully behind in addressing the concerns of native people, whose land holds the majority of the world's remaining biodiversity, indigenous advocates told Reuters at the U.N. nature summit in Montreal.

Our reporters give you the inside story on what’s happening at the biodiversity summit in Montreal

As the UN’s COP15 talks on biodiversity got under way in Montreal on Wednesday, FRANCE 24 spoke to marine biologist Françoise Gaill about marine “dead zones” and their link to global warming.

This week in Montreal, Canada, Minister Malcolm Noonan and Irish representatives have joined policy makers from around the world to try and forge a deal to protect nature at global biodiversity summit COP15

We put considerable effort into helping to design and build support for the Paris Agreement, but are nowhere near as engaged or active in a leadership role at the UN Biodiversity Conference in Montreal, says Rod Oram