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The Cop15 Secret Negotiator

Climate negotiators reveal what really happens behind the scenes of Cop15

14 December 2022

  • A group of people in laptops stand in a circle at Cop15 in Montreal, Canada.

    Cop15 was meant to be nature’s Paris moment, but Greta Thunberg’s ‘blah, blah, blah’ cry is proving right

    The Secret Negotiator
    In Montreal, progress on biodiversity issues has been slow. We cannot go on like this

1 December 2022

  • Fallen trees in the Bialowieza primeval forest, eastern Poland

    Nature positive and 30x30 – just soundbites or the foundations of a Cop15 deal?

    The Secret Negotiator
    As participants arrive in Montreal to negotiate this decade’s targets for protecting biodiversity, two themes are getting the lion’s share of attention

5 November 2022

  • A fisherman takes a large Pirarucu from the water at the Piagacu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve in Amazonas, Brazil.

    Lula’s victory in Brazil is a relief but it won’t solve the problem of globalised greed

    The Secret Negotiator
    It’s great the new president is on the side of nature but no leader can succeed unless the Cop15 deal is right on the money

28 September 2022

  • The Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, campaigning at one of the largest agricultural fairs in Latin America.

    Cause for optimism at Cop15 – but could Bolsonaro scupper the deal for nature?

    The Secret Negotiator
    There are many reasons to suggest a deal to save the natural world is possible in Montreal, if division can be overcome and the Brazilian president doesn’t cause problems
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