The UN Biodiversity Conference begins tomorrow in Montréal, Canada. Almost 200 countries will be negotiating a new global agreement on species protection until Dec. 19. Expectations are high: So far, all targets have been missed, now the meeting in Montréal is supposed to bring a much-needed turnaround. The EU environment ministers support the demand that 30 percent of the total area of each country be placed under protection by 2030. However, a number of questions remain unanswered. And that is not the only problem with the conference. Timo Landenberger gives an outlook.