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The US touts support for biodiversity – but at Cop15, it remains on the sidelines

Washington hasn’t signed a 30-year-old pact, leaving Biden’s envoy in the role of ‘influencer’ in Montreal

The Guardian - US

Governments gather in Canada in bid to boost biodiversity

Environmental leaders are gathering on Montreal to hammer out a framework they hope will help provide much-needed protection for the world's biodiversity

The Independent UK

Russia and China are fuelling tension at a frosty summit on Antarctica’s future

With one week of international talks on Antarctica down and one more to go, can member nations reach consensus on key issues in the deep south?

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Russia may again block Antarctic marine protections

Call it a cold war

The Independent UK

First Thing: Rishi Sunak becomes UK’s PM after meeting the king

Ex-chancellor is third Tory prime minister in less than two months and fifth in six years. Plus, the history of radical art protest by women

The Guardian - UK

Russia and China must ‘get on side with conservation’, US tells Antarctic commission meeting in Hobart

US assistant secretary of state says two countries have stopped creation of new protected areas in Antarctica ‘for too long’

The Guardian - AU

US appoints special envoy to champion nature in time for Montreal summit

Monica Medina will be responsible for biodiversity and water resources, announces state department ahead of Cop15

The Guardian - UK

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Threats to water and biodiversity are linked. A new U.S. envoy role tackles them both

"The loss of nature and rising water insecurity are global health threats that must be confronted together," Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

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‘Time has run out’: UN fails to reach agreement to protect marine life

This fifth round of discussions was meant to establish a UN Ocean Treaty that would protect biodiversity in international waters

The Guardian - US

Nations fail to reach deal on UN treaty to protect sea life

Diplomats from around the world have failed to reach agreement on a United Nations treaty designed to protect marine life on the high seas

The Independent UK

US calls on Australia to increase 2030 emission reduction pledge to help prevent ‘greater destruction’

Senior official says US ‘determined that everyone raise ambition’ in tackling climate crisis and stresses need to keep heating below 1.5C

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