We’re at the halfway mark at COP15 in Montreal, and you can feel the anxiety ramping up. The meeting of nearly 200 countries who are part of the UN convention on biodiversity is widely seen as a once-in-a-decade opportunity to create a worldwide plan for the protection of nature. For delegates, that outcome is simply called the “GBF” (global biodiversity framework) and somehow, by this time next week, they need to agree to one or the meeting will be seen as a failure. There are several complex issues at play, many of which are being dealt with separately in smaller side meetings, called contact groups, where the details that could inform the framework can be hashed out. …With the convention on biodiversity, the central challenge is learning how to utilize the planet in a way that better integrates nature into the economy. This week we take a deep dive on this issue to illustrate the complex questions the delegates at COP15 face and that must be addressed in the days ahead.
Additional coverage from COP 15:
- Canada Pledges to Join the Bonn Challenge for Landscape Restoration at COP15 – Natural Resources Canada
- Canada signs onto global forest restoration challenge at COP15 – Natasha Bulowski, National Observer
- Canada Announces Commitment to Support International Forest Restoration and the Next Generation of Forest Leaders – Natural Resources Canada
- Minister Wilkinson Announces Over 50 New Projects Toward 2 Billion Trees – Natural Resources Canada
- Minister Wilkinson Launches Natural Resources Canada’s Youth Council at COP15 – Natural Resources Canada
- COP15: Daily highlights – December 12, 2022 – Environment and Climate Change Canada
- Provinces pour money into conservation efforts during COP15 biodiversity conference – Cloe Logan, National Observer