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Global 'peace pact' signed to protect nature

Montreal (AFP) - Countries reached a historic deal on Monday to reverse decades of environmental destruction threatening the world's species and ecosystems, in what the UN chief hailed as "a peace pact with nature."

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Answering the call of nature

Global negotiators have reached a historic deal at COP15 in Montreal that will protect 30% of the earth’s land and water, and in another historic event Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong will meet her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing on Wednesday.

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'Last chance' deal to save world's biodiversity agreed at Cop15

An historic deal to safeguard a third of the planet by 2030 and halt the destruction of Earth’s ecosystems has been agreed at UN biodiversity talks in Montreal.

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Cop15: key points of the nature deal at a glance

Main points of the historic agreement signed in Montreal to halt the destruction of Earth’s ecosystems

The Guardian - UK

Cop15: historic deal struck to halt biodiversity loss by 2030

Agreement on ’30 by 30’ target forced through by Chinese president, ignoring objections from African states

The Guardian - UK

Countries agree historic deal to protect nature

Montreal (AFP) - Countries approved a historic deal to reverse decades of environmental destruction threatening the world's species and ecosystems at a marathon UN biodiversity summit early Monday.

AFP

Countries poised for historic deal to protect nature

Montreal (AFP) - Countries closed in on a historic deal to reverse decades of environmental destruction threatening the world's species and ecosystems at a marathon UN biodiversity summit on Sunday.

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Greens lambast Labor for failing to offer extra funding for global nature deal at Cop15

While other countries have made additional pledges, Australia criticised for failing to offer more than its budget commitments

The Guardian - AU

Draft UN biodiversity deal calls to protect 30% of planet by 2030

Montreal (AFP) - Countries gathered at a UN meeting on biodiversity in Montreal were inching closer Sunday to a deal to protect 30 percent of the planet by 2030 and to stump up $30 billion in yearly aid for the developing world to save their ecosystems.

AFP

Draft UN nature deal calls to protect 30% of planet by 2030

Montreal (AFP) - A UN nature deal proposed Sunday calls to protect at least 30 percent of the planet by 2030 and asks rich countries to stump up $30 billion in yearly aid for developing nations to save their ecosystems.

AFP

UN nature deal calls to protect 30% of planet by 2030

Montreal (AFP) - A UN nature deal proposed Sunday calls to protect at least 30 percent of the planet by 2030 and asks rich countries to stump up $20 billion in yearly aid for developing nations to save their ecosystems.

AFP

China set to offer compromise to save summit nature accord

Montreal (AFP) - China, which chairs a high-stakes UN biodiversity summit in Montreal, is due to present a long-awaited compromise text on Sunday in an attempt to seal the "peace pact with nature" that the planet sorely needs.

AFP

What campaigners want to see in UN nature deal

Montreal (AFP) - As high-stakes UN biodiversity talks in Montreal draw to a close, delegates will be presented Sunday with a draft deal to safeguard the planet's ecosystems and species by 2030.

AFP

Hope stirs for deal to save nature at UN talks

Montreal (AFP) - Top officials at high-stakes UN biodiversity negotiations said Saturday they were confident of securing a major deal to save the natural world from destruction.

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At UN summit, new hope for deal to save nature

Montreal (AFP) - Top officials at high-stakes UN biodiversity negotiations said Saturday they were confident of securing a major deal to save the natural world from destruction.

The Guardian - US

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

AFP

Robot plant grows, wilts on fate of UN nature talks

Montreal (AFP) - It's not always easy to make sense of the complex environmental diplomacy taking place at a UN summit billed as humanity's last hope to save nature.

AFP

At COP15, businesses urged to act for nature

Montreal (AFP) - Widely blamed for ravaging Earth's ecosystems, big businesses are nevertheless being turned to as key players in a deal to save nature at the COP15 biodiversity conference.

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Salon

How your emissions threaten biodiversity

It is time to pay attention to the other climate crisis: species extinction

The Conversation

UN biodiversity conference: what does living in harmony with nature look like?

The 196 countries meeting for the UN Convention on Biological Diversity conference (COP15) in Montreal, Canada, are negotiating a new set of targets for reversing the loss of Earth’s biodiversity. They have set themselves a formidable challenge: ensuring humanity is “living in harmony with nature” by 2050.

France 24

Ready-to-wear, summer 2023: Three designers find meaning at extremes of fashion

Can ready-to-wear collections help us answer key questions about who we are and how we should live? On exiting the latest Rick Owens show, the answer from Montreal-based fashion duo Matières Fécales was a resolute "yes". Fashion can imbue life with meaning, even if it’s merely an aesthetic project, as…

Reuters

China urges action as ministers meet at U.N. nature summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged the world to take action on preventing nature loss in a video message to ministers from more than 120 countries assembled in Montreal for the U.N. biodiversity summit, of which China holds the presidency.

The Guardian - UK

Cop15: Lula calls on rich nations to give more to protect Earth’s ecosystems

Brazil’s incoming president adds voice to demand as Montreal talks restart after series of walkouts

AFP

Actor James Cromwell bashes world leaders for absence at UN nature summit

Montreal (AFP) - A high-stakes UN summit in Canada seen as vital to saving the world's biodiversity has failed to attract a single world leader beyond the host country's prime minister Justin Trudeau.

AFP

Developing nations demand more money at crunch UN biodiversity talks

Montreal (AFP) - The thorny issue of how much money wealthy countries are willing to pony up to protect the world's remaining biodiversity took center stage Wednesday at UN talks in Montreal aimed at creating a "peace pact with nature."

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