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What COP15’s Global Biodiversity Framework will mean here in Canada

February 2, 2023

During a dramatic climax to December’s UN COP15 biodiversity summit, nearly 200 countries adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). Containing four overarching goals and 23 specific targets, the new agreement aims to halt... Read More

During a dramatic climax to December’s UN COP15 biodiversity summit, nearly 200 countries adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework...
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We are nature: The world comes together as COP15 comes to a close in Montreal

December 21, 2022

The gavel fell, suddenly, at 3:33 a.m. Inside a massive hall on the fifth floor of Montreal’s Palais des Congrès, on December 19, the last day of negotiations, more than a thousand exhausted delegates... Read More

The gavel fell, suddenly, at 3:33 a.m. Inside a massive hall on the fifth floor of Montreal’s Palais des...
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For Canada, Indigenous-led conservation led COP15

December 21, 2022

During COP15’s final week, as negotiators inside the Palais des Congrès wrangled over the details of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, WWF-Canada and our partners were ramping up pressure on the critical importance of... Read More

During COP15’s final week, as negotiators inside the Palais des Congrès wrangled over the details of the Kunming-Montreal Global...
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Action must follow commitment as global deal to reverse nature loss by 2030 reached at COP15

December 19, 2022

WWF-Canada welcomes the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Agreement, committing the world to halting and reversing biodiversity loss by 2030. Read More

WWF-Canada welcomes the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Agreement, committing the world to halting and reversing biodiversity loss by 2030.
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‘We need to understand — we are nature:’ Indigenous leaders speak out at COP15

December 16, 2022

On the eve of the world’s environment ministers arriving in Montreal for COP15’s endgame negotiations, WWF-Canada hosted a press conference in the media room featuring speakers from three Indigenous nations. It was an opportunity... Read More

On the eve of the world’s environment ministers arriving in Montreal for COP15’s endgame negotiations, WWF-Canada hosted a press...
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A projection on the side of the Palais de Justice building that reads: “Let them know that all eyes are on them”

COP15: The world is watching. The clock is ticking. Wildlife is waiting

December 12, 2022

Around 17,000 delegates from nearly 200 countries, as well as NGOs like WWF — there are staff here from 30 offices around the world — have descended on Montreal’s Palais des Congrès for the... Read More

Around 17,000 delegates from nearly 200 countries, as well as NGOs like WWF — there are staff here from...
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WWF @ CBD COP15: What we’re up to during the UN biodiversity summit

December 6, 2022

WWF-Canada and our international WWF colleagues will be out in force at CBD COP15, aka the 15th Conference of the Parties for the UN Convention on Biological on Diversity, advocating for a Global Biodiversity... Read More

WWF-Canada and our international WWF colleagues will be out in force at CBD COP15, aka the 15th Conference of...
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WWF-Canada calling for a ‘Paris’-style agreement for nature at CBD COP15

December 5, 2022

MONTREAL, Dec. 05, 2022 — Biodiversity loss is accelerating. Climate change is worsening. Reversing nature loss can address both, but only if we do it in time. With nature currently declining at unprecedented rates,... Read More

MONTREAL, Dec. 05, 2022 — Biodiversity loss is accelerating. Climate change is worsening. Reversing nature loss can address both,...
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Q&A: The UN COP15 summit needs to be a leap forward for nature

November 29, 2022

Once a decade, signatories to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) gather to negotiate the next ten years of nature protections. CBD COP15, the UN biodiversity summit in Montreal from Dec. 7 – 19,... Read More

Once a decade, signatories to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) gather to negotiate the next ten years of...
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CBD COP15: Why the whole world will be watching Montreal this December

October 21, 2022

Two of the most important summits about the nature crisis are happening within the span of a few weeks this fall. The first is focused on climate, and the second is focused on biodiversity.... Read More

Two of the most important summits about the nature crisis are happening within the span of a few weeks...
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WWF-Canada calls for a new model for creating protected areas to meet international commitments in countdown to COP15

September 20, 2022

Toronto, ON — As world leaders gather today at the UN General Assembly to secure ambitious goals for climate and biodiversity negotiations this fall, a report from WWF-Canada outlines the need for a new... Read More

Toronto, ON — As world leaders gather today at the UN General Assembly to secure ambitious goals for climate...
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WWF statement on US financing announcement at COP15

December 17, 2009

“The commitment to long-term, significant and transparent financing was a real, positive game changer by Secretary Clinton. The conference was on the verge of collapse before her intervention. Now it’s time for the government... Read More

“The commitment to long-term, significant and transparent financing was a real, positive game changer by Secretary Clinton. The conference...
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