Biodiversity COP in Montreal: four lesso • Table.Briefings

After COP is before COP. The UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) will start in early December. Just like the Paris Agreement for the climate, a framework for nature conservation will be negotiated in Montreal. The experience gained in Paris could help the negotiators in this process.

An entire day devoted to biodiversity is a first in the history of UN climate conferences. Nature conservation and species protection have their own COP, separate from the climate conferences, which has so far mostly flown under the radar and will be held this year in Montreal. However, with the findings of the IPCC’s sixth Assessment Report (AR6) at the latest, it is clear that climate protection and nature conservation are two sides of the same coin.

Biodiversity COP in Montreal: four lessons from Paris

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