Biological diversity is the variety of life on Earth and the natural patterns it forms.
Biodiversity around the world, from forests to oceans, animal species and tropical plants is currently threatened by an unprecedented loss caused by human activity.
The scientific community has repeatedly sounded the alarm on the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste.
The United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) commences on 7 December 2022 in Montreal, Canada , and will run until 19 December 2022. COP15 focuses on the living world through the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), a treaty adopted for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity and related issues.
COP15 aims to achieve an historic agreement to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030, on par with the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. This year’s conference will adopt a new landmark global biodiversity framework that safeguards nature, the first of its kind since the Aichi Biodiversity Targets were introduced in 2010.
“We have but a few days to act decisively and with principle. Action must be bold, not bracketed – so we have to get the deal done” said Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP.
The health of the planet ultimately underpins people’s health and well-being.
