Final plenary session of COP15. Some analysts say the adopted framework is a good compromise. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS by Stella Paul (montreal) Tuesday, December 20, 2022 Inter Press Service Montreal, Dec 20 (IPS) – In a landmark agreement, all parties of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) adopted the…
Government delegations celebrate the close of the historic negotiation at COP15 of the New Global Framework on Biodiversity in the early hours of the morning on Monday Dec. 19, at the Palais des Congrès in Montreal, Canada. CREDIT: Mike Muzurakis/IISD by Emilio Godoy (montreal) Monday, December 19, 2022 Inter Press Service…
“There is no migration crisis; there is a crisis of solidarity” says UN Secretary-General, António Guterres. Credit: Credit: UNOHCR by Baher Kamal (madrid) Monday, December 19, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, Dec 19 (IPS) – When tens of thousands of Europeans had to flee the horrors of two born-in-Europe devastating armed…
A laboratory technician works at a health and science centre in Bangkok, Thailand. It is a WHO Collaborating Centre for research and training on viral zoonoses. Credit: WHO/P. Phutpheng Opinion by Roopa Dhatt – David Bryden – Gill Adynski (washington dc/ chapel hill, north carolina/ geneva) Monday, December 19, 2022 Inter…
Researcher, Billy Offland (left), filming a documentary on biodiversity in Kashmir. Credit: Billy Offland by Busani Bafana (bulawayo) Monday, December 19, 2022 Inter Press Service Bulawayo, Dec 19 (IPS) – Billy Offland (21), a British sustainability student, went on a two-year ‘World Conservation Journey’ to bring attention to the biodiversity crisis…
Women doing on-the-spot training at COP15. Target 22 is being held up by a single word. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS by Stella Paul (montreal) Monday, December 19, 2022 Inter Press Service Montreal, Dec 19 (IPS) – Since the beginning of the high-level segment, tensions have been steadily rising at the 15th meeting…
The executive secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, highlighted on Friday Dec. 16 the results of the Nagoya Protocol on access to genetic resources and fair benefit sharing at an event during COP15 in the Canadian city of Montreal. But the talks have not reached an…
Opinion by Francine Pickup (new york) Friday, December 16, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Dec 16 (IPS) – The writer is Deputy Director, Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, UNDPClimate change is the defining issue of our time. In the words of the UN Secretary General at COP27, “we are…
Opinion by Shihana Mohamed (united nations) Thursday, December 15, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Dec 15 (IPS) – To commemorate the seventy-seventh UN Day, the United Nations Asia Network for Diversity & Inclusion (UN-ANDI) held a panel discussion on the topic “Making the UN Charter a reality”. The discussion took…
Francis Ogwal (L) of Uganda and Basile van Havre (C) of Canada, co-chairs of the group responsible for drafting the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, explain the status of negotiations at the Palais des Congrès in Montreal on Dec. 14, 2022. Discussions are entering the final stretch to approve the new…
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