Ève Bazaiba (centre), the environment minister for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, raised last-minute objections to the COP15 agreement Canadian Press/Shutterstock
A global pact agreed on by almost 200 countries in Canada this week has been hailed as a groundbreaking framework to transform humanity’s relationship with the natural world. But it may unravel due to disputes over how the treaty was finalised in a rush.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the deal, which sets an overall ambition to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030, a “peace pact with nature”. …
