A goose walks on a dried bed of Lake Velence in Velence, Hungary, on Aug 11, 2022. (ANNA SZILAGYI / AP) LONDON – Climate conscious investors have channeled billions of dollars into clean energy but investment flows into protecting and better managing the world's ecosystems remain minute by comparison. This could change after negotiators at […]
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Billions needed to deliver COP15 nature deal but funds miniscule
A goose walks on a dried bed of Lake Velence in Velence, Hungary, on Aug 11, 2022. (ANNA SZILAGYI / AP) LONDON – Climate conscious investors have channeled billions of dollars into clean energy but investment flows into protecting and better managing the world's ecosystems remain minute by comparison. This could change after negotiators at […]
WWF chief: World must secure a ‘Paris’-style agreement at COP15
A delegate walks by a sign at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) during the March for Biodiversity for Human Rights in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on Dec 10, 2022. (ANDREJ IVANOV / AFP) GENEVA/LONDON – COP15 is a "historic opportunity to see a 'Paris'-style agreement" for nature and a moment humanity has long waited for, […]
Biodiversity link to climate highlighted
Before China-led talks to save species, experts stress related nature of threats Despite efforts to mitigate biodiversity losses, the extinction of species around the globe is accelerating at unprecedented rates, climate experts have warned ahead of the largest global gathering of environmental ministers on biodiversity. "The biggest challenge to biodiversity, of course, is climate change, […]
New biodiversity commitments announced at UNGA sidelines
This undated handout picture released by the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak's Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation (IBEC) on August 26, 2010 shows the frog Microhyla nepenthicola, Asia's smallest frog, sitting on the tip of a pencil in Kuching, Sarawak state. (INDRANEIL DAS / IBEC / AFP) NEW YORK – New commitments aimed at catalyzing biodiversity […]