Warnings that the world is in the middle of its sixth mass extinction and that it is facing a severe biodiversity crisis are among the stark messages that have emerged from the summit in Montreal, Canada over the past ten days.
However, progress at the COP15 biodiversity conference has stalled due to disagreement about how to fund conservation efforts in poorer countries.
It is reported progress has stalled due to disagreement on how to fund conservation efforts in poorer countries. "There are some calls for a dedicated fund for biodiversity. But the EU position has always been that there are existing funds, and perhaps we should try to figure out and improve those to make the funds more accessible and more quickly accessed.
It is hoped that over the next two days, an agreement can be reached that will be as historic for biodiversity as the Paris accord was for climate in 2015."The Chinese, who are the COP presidency, they will produce a paper on key aspects for us tomorrow for our consideration. It's actually very, very difficult to say whether this will be palatable to all parties.
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