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The world has agreed to raise $200 billion a year by 2030 to reverse nature decline

This video is part of: Centre for Nature and Climate

The deal was agreed at a second session of COP16, the UN biodiversity conference. More than half of global GDP is dependent on the natural world, yet wildlife populations have shrunk by 73% over the past 50 years. The money will help to close the global biodiversity funding gap, which stands at around $700 billion per year.

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