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"When negotiations at Cop15 – the UN’s biodiversity conference – ended in
December 2022, many delegates breathed a sigh of relief.
Threatening snowstorms outside the convention centre in Montreal, Canada seemed
to lift just as the political weather changed and the long-awaited
Kunming-Montreal global biodiversity framework was agreed. It’s mission: to
halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 in order to achieve the ultimate
goal of a society living in harmony with nature by 2050.
Fast forward two years and governments, businesses, representatives of
Indigenous people and local communities, experts from environmental groups such
as the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and scientists will gather for the follow-up
Cop16 meeting in Cali, Colombia, from October 21. Many due to attend, including
myself, wonder whether the promise made to “halt and reverse biodiversity loss
by 2030” is achievable.
Initial signs are not promising. For starters, no international targets for
biodiversity have ever been met.
Only a handful of countries, including China, Canada and France, have submitted
new national biodiversity plans demonstrating how they will implement the
promises made two years ago. Most countries, including the UK, (that’s more
than 80% in total) haven’t submitted their full plans.
Countries can also submit updates for the 23 targets listed in the framework.
The UK and others have submitted targets such as promising to reduce the impact
of pollution on nature and ensuring that 30% of land is effectively protected
in line with the framework.
But crucial questions remain about how those goals will be reached. To make
Cop16 effective, three things need to happen."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
