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UN tries anew to finish treaty protecting the high seas
AFP, Published on 21/02/2023
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - UN member states embraced "positive energy" Monday as they launched two weeks of negotiations aimed at finally reaching a treaty meant to protect and preserve vast areas of the world's oceans.
China set to offer compromise to save summit nature accord
AFP, Published on 18/12/2022
» MONTREAL - China, which chairs a high-stakes UN biodiversity summit in Montreal, is due to present a long-awaited compromise text on Sunday in an attempt to seal the "peace pact with nature" that the planet sorely needs.
What campaigners want to see in UN nature deal
AFP, Published on 18/12/2022
» MONTREAL - As high-stakes UN biodiversity talks in Montreal draw to a close, delegates will be presented Sunday with a draft deal to safeguard the planet's ecosystems and species by 2030.
At UN summit, new hope for deal to save nature
AFP, Published on 18/12/2022
» MONTREAL - Top officials at high-stakes UN biodiversity negotiations said Saturday they were confident of securing a major deal to save the natural world from destruction.
Developing nations demand more money at crunch UN biodiversity talks
AFP, Published on 15/12/2022
» MONTREAL - The thorny issue of how much money wealthy countries are willing to pony up to protect the world's remaining biodiversity took center stage Wednesday at UN talks in Montreal aimed at creating a "peace pact with nature."
Actor James Cromwell bashes world leaders for absence at UN nature summit
AFP, Published on 15/12/2022
» MONTREAL - A high-stakes UN summit in Canada seen as vital to saving the world's biodiversity has failed to attract a single world leader beyond the host country's prime minister Justin Trudeau.
Developing nations demand more money at crunch UN biodiversity talks
AFP, Published on 15/12/2022
» MONTREAL - The thorny issue of how much money wealthy countries are willing to pony up to protect the world's remaining biodiversity took center stage Wednesday at UN talks in Montreal aimed at creating a "peace pact with nature."
Still no major progress toward 'peace pact with nature' at COP15
AFP, Published on 13/12/2022
» MONTREAL: The world had just eight days to seal a historic deal to stem the destruction of nature.
Industry lobbies against biodiversity goals: research
AFP, Published on 09/12/2022
» PARIS - Lobbyists for pesticide and fertiliser producers are pushing "behind the scenes" against stronger protection for species and ecosystems at the COP15 biodiversity conference, research showed Thursday.
UN biodiversity talks open, billed as 'last chance' for nature
AFP, Published on 07/12/2022
» MONTREAL: High-stakes UN biodiversity talks open in Montreal Wednesday, in what is being billed as the "last best chance" to save the planet's species and ecosystems from irreversible human destruction.