What's the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) and why is it important for nature?

Sep 27, 2022

The UN’s COP15 talks aim to give biodiversity and ecosystems the same international protection as the climate. Image: Unsplash/Juanma Clemente-Alloza

Simon Read

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The rate at which we are losing species is accelerating. Image: Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Global Assessment Report

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