'Humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction': As COP15 talks kick off, calls mount for ambitious outcome

Cecilia Keating
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View of the dais during the COP15 opending plenary on December 6 | Credit: IISD/ENB
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View of the dais during the COP15 opending plenary on December 6 | Credit: IISD/ENB

UN Secretary General warns humanity's current treatment of nature amounts to a suicide mission, as first day of critical nature talks open in Montreal

Countries are facing a barrage of appeals from UN leaders to agree an ambitious and pragmatic global deal for nature at the critical COP15 Biodiversity Summit, as the vital talks kicked into action in...

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