COP 15: Global Biodiversity Framework

COP 15 in Montreal from 7-19 December 2022, Canada was the second part of a landmark UN biodiversity summit which was originally supposed to take place in Kunming, China, in 2020, but was postponed several times due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

• The governments from around the world came together to agree on a new set of goals to guide global action and adopted a bold Global Biodiversity Framework to “halt and reverse” biodiversity loss by the end of the decade.

Major Outcomes of COP 15

• The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework has clear, measurable goals and targets, with complete monitoring, reporting, and ....