COP15 Reaction: 'The message to the private sector is clear'

James Murray
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COP15 Reaction: 'The message to the private sector is clear'

Business leaders and environmental campaigners hail the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework as a major - if flawed - breakthrough for nature protection efforts

Earlier this morning, COP15 President Huang Runqiu gavelled through the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, formally adopting a new international target to "put nature on a pathway to recovery"...

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