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The agreements from the COP15 biodiversity summit are voluntary and non-binding, but the setting of goals and how to monitor progress will create more accountability, writes Rod Oram

Inger Andersen said we must not ‘pause for a second’ as we ‘change the relationship between people and nature’

Environmental groups and ministers have praised the ambition of the agreement, which also places emphasis on Indigenous rights

Negotiators at a United Nations conference have yet to resolve how to protect biodiversity and provide funding to poor countries as talks reach their their final stages

António Guterres calls for end to destruction of nature as Canada pushes proposal to protect 30% of Earth

The recent COP27 climate conference was billed as the moment to implement the climate change commitments states made at COP21, held in Paris in December 2015.

Canada published its first ever national climate adaptation strategy on Thursday, including C$1.6 billion ($1.2 billion) in new federal funding commitments to help protect communities against the increasing impacts of global warming.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will attend next month's U.N. biodiversity summit in Montreal, the country's environment minister said on Thursday - despite the event's official host China plan to send no invitations to world leaders.

In November 2021, Canadian Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault declared an emergency order that put an immediate halt on a residential development in Longueuil, Que., to protect the critical habitat of one of Canada’s threatened amphibian species — the western chorus frog.

‘This is a historic step towards beating plastic pollution and keeping our communities, lands and oceans clean,’ says environment minister

New regulations will prohibit sale and import of ‘harmful’ plastics, with some time for businesses to adjust.