Cop15 Summit News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

China, that would add about 3 cents to the cost of your television. so next to nothing for consumers, however for the shipping company that transports your television china to europe, the shipping company would be incentivised either become energy—efficient or to stop using fossil fuels and switch to, for example green hydrogen. draft proposals on saving global biodiversity have been published at the cop15 summit in montreal, canada. with just one scheduled day of talks left, the draught covers 23 targets. one calls on countries to protect at least 30 % of the world's land and coastal waters...

India's Ganges rejuvenation project was recognised as one among world's 10 most "ground-breaking" efforts for their role in restoring the natural ecosystems, according to a report released during the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) this week. The Ganges Rejuvenation project was declared as a flagship World Restoration project and remains eligible to claim UN-backed promotion, advice or funding under the banner of United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a global movement coordinated by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisatio...

Canada on Tuesday said that the creation of a new global fund for biodiversity "would take years" and be less effective than reforming existing financial mechanisms. Reflecting the wider consensus among developed nations in the COP15 meeting currently underway in Montreal, the creation of a global fund for biodiversity has emerged as a key sticking point in the ongoing negotiations. With an aim to save Earth's forests, oceans and species before it's too late, delegates from all over the world have gathered in Canada's Montreal for the December 7-19 UN Biodiversity Conf...

Let's take a closer look at the issue. the un says earth is experiencing its largest loss of life since the dinosaur era ended. it's estimated that three—quarters of the world's land surface and 66% of its oceans have been significantly altered by human activity. climate change — and factors such as land clearing and use of fossil fuels — are contributing to the loss of living things and ecosystems. conservationist nick bruce—white says action must be taken swiftly. you know, in a million species, one in five species are at risk of extinction. we need to halt that decline by the end of...