COP15: Treaty may unravel over last-minute disputes and vague targets
A landmark biodiversity agreement was hammered out at the COP15 biodiversity summit over objections from some countries, but it may not live up to lofty expectations
Environment
| Analysis
19 December 2022
Eve Bazaiba (centre), the environment minister for the Democratic Republic of Congo, raised last-minute objections to the COP15 agreement Canadian Press/Shutterstock
A global pact agreed by almost 200 countries in Canada this week has been hailed as a ground-breaking framework to transform humanity’s relationship with the natural world. But it may unravel due to disputes over how the treaty was finalised in a rush.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the deal, which sets an overall ambition to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030, a “peace pact with nature”.
But that …