"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".

"Governments appear to have signed a once-in-a-decade deal to halt the destruction of Earth’s ecosystems, but the agreement seems to have been forced through by the Chinese president, ignoring the objections of some African states.

After more than four years of negotiations, repeated delays due to the Covid-19 pandemic and talks into the night on Sunday in Montreal, nearly 200 countries – but not the US or the Vatican – signed an agreement at the biodiversity Cop15, which was co-hosted by Canada and China, to put humanity on a path to living in harmony with nature by the middle of the century.

In an extraordinary plenary that began on Sunday evening and lasted for more than seven hours, countries wrangled over the final agreement. Finally, at about 3.30am local time on Monday, news broke that an agreement had been struck."

Patrick Greenfield and Phoebe Weston report for the Guardian December 19, 2022.

SEE ALSO:

"Cop15: Key Points Of The Nature Deal At A Glance" (Guardian)

"The US Touts Support For Biodiversity – But At Cop15, It Remains On The Sidelines" (Guardian)

"COP15: Nations Reach 'Historic' Deal To Protect Nature" (BBC News)

"UN Conference Reaches Historic Biodiversity Deal" (DW)

"Nations Promise To Protect 30 Percent Of Planet To Stem Extinction" (Washington Post)

"COP15 Adopts Biodiversity Plan to Protect 30% of Land and Water by 2030" (Bloomberg Green)

"Historic Biodiversity Agreement Reached At UN Conference" (AP)

"COP15 Reaches Deal To Halt Decline In Nature By 2030" (Reuters)

"Explainer: What The World's Nature-Rich Nations Want Out Of A Global Conservation Deal" (Reuters)

"Factbox: "30-by-30": Key Takeaways From The COP15 Biodiversity Summit" (Reuters)

"Countries Adopt a Sweeping Agreement to Protect Nature" (New York Times)