‘After signing up to landmark Cop15 agreement, Ireland cannot simply leave it to other nations to do the work in protecting nature’
Cop15
The breakthrough in Montreal is welcome and includes important targets, but implementation remains key and will be challenging
Agreement regarded by many as a way to transform the global response to the destruction of nature and begin restoration
Cop15: Global Biodiversity Framework a ‘first step’ in resetting our relationship with natural world
‘Success will be measured by our rapid and consistent progress in implementing what we have agreed to’
Breakthrough is significant, but there are unresolved issues
If implemented, the agreement, which was not signed by US, will signal major changes to farming and the role of indigenous communities in conservation
Hopes that increased financial contribution from wealthy countries will yield high-ambition target
‘We global citizens are deeply concerned ecosystems critical to sustaining life on Earth could collapse in our lifetimes’
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