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The road to Cop15

A series exploring the key issues and people involved in the Cop15 of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity scheduled to be held in Montreal, Canada, in 2022. The meeting will bring together governments from around the world to sign up to a Paris-style agreement on biodiversity that sets goals for the next decade

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

7 December 2022

  • The five ways we’re killing nature and why it has to stop – video explainer

    The biodiversity crisis is just as urgent as the climate emergency: saving the natural world could help avoid catastrophe

2 December 2022

  • Steven Guilbeault, Canada Minister of Environment and Climate Change since October 26, 2021.

    ‘I came into politics so I could continue to be an activist’: Steven Guilbeault on oil, idealism and being branded a traitor

    Nicknamed ‘Green Jesus’, Canada’s environment minister once scaled the CN Tower in a climate protest. Ahead of efforts at Cop15 in Montreal to stop the destruction of nature, he explains why he approved a controversial oil project

1 December 2022

  • The remains of a cut block are seen in the Fairy Creek logging area near Port Renfrew, British Columbia.

    Canada accused of putting its timber trade ahead of global environment

  • 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

28 November 2022

  • Old Ralph’s Cross and peat bog on Westerdale Moor, North York Moors national park.

    Tories will not reach ‘embarrassingly poor’ nature targets by 2030, Labour says

  • bio books

    Cop15 essential reading: seven books that explain the biodiversity crisis

25 November 2022

  • A replica of some the world’s oldest known cave paintings in Chauvet cave, France

    Humans v nature: our long and destructive journey to the age of extinction

  • Chris Packham walks through a field near his home in The New Forest. Southampton, UK, June 2020

    ‘Point of no return’: Chris Packham leads calls for Rishi Sunak to attend Cop15

23 November 2022

  • Clockwise: Macro of pea microgreen roots growing, Mussels on rock , a duck leads her ducklings, a magnified view of dragonfly wing and a chameleon.

    Velcro, bullet trains and robotic arms: how nature is the mother of invention

    Many of the world’s most inspiring solutions have been created by scientists who stole their ideas from the natural world

16 November 2022

  • Reef balls, made from cement, sand and crushed oyster shells, near the Chula Vista wildlife refuge in California, protect against coastal erosion caused by rising sea levels.

    ‘Paris agreement’ for nature imperative at Cop15, architects of climate deal say

    Leaders say December biodiversity summit in Montreal is ‘unprecedented’ chance to turn tide on nature loss

11 November 2022

  • Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, UN head of biodiversity, speaks during the first part of Cop15 in Kunming, China, October 2021

    Cop27 must pave the way for ‘a Paris moment’ for nature, says UN

    Outcome of climate summit is crucial to ensuring strong targets at Cop15 in December, warns biodiversity head

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

26 October 2022

  • Discarded secondhand clothes cover the beach in the fishing community of Jamestown in Accra, Ghana.

    Businesses call for nature impact disclosures to be mandatory by 2030

    H&M, Sainsbury’s and Nestlé are among more than 300 companies urging governments to agree to the pledge at Cop15 in December

24 October 2022

  • A wild canary perches on a wildflower stem on Pico Island in the Azores

    What is Cop15 and why does it matter for all life on Earth?

  • A photo of a blur of people walking quickly past a sign on the wall saying 'it's time to act for the planet'

    Business groups block action that could help tackle biodiversity crisis, report finds

13 October 2022

  • Australian sea-lions

    Animal populations experience average decline of almost 70% since 1970, report reveals

    Huge scale of human-driven loss of species demands urgent action, say world’s leading scientists

10 October 2022

  • Monica Medina, US special envoy for biodiversity and water resources.

    US appoints special envoy to champion nature in time for Montreal summit

    Monica Medina will be responsible for biodiversity and water resources, announces state department ahead of Cop15

6 October 2022

  • CHINA-ENVIRONMENT-UN-COP15<br>Media staff members watch a live image of China's President Xi Jinping speaking at the media center of the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) in Kunming, in China's southwestern Yunnan province on October 12, 2021. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

    Cop15: ‘World leaders might have to invite themselves’ to summit

    In its role as president, China has sent invitations only to ministers and NGO heads, raising fears it is downplaying the crucial talks

1 October 2022

  • Phoebe Weston

    Cop15 is an opportunity to save nature. We can’t afford another decade of failure

    Phoebe Weston
    Ahead of the UN biodiversity conference, our reporter reflects on lessons of hope and change in three years reporting with the Guardian’s age of extinction team
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