Ministers urged to save Nagoya biodiversity deal

James S Murray
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Japan promises to provide $2bn in new funding for biodiversity protection in attempt to end Nagoya stand-off

Environment ministers from nearly 200 countries today arrived at the UN biodiversity summit in Japan, amid calls for them to break the deadlocks that threaten to scupper efforts to agree a new international...

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