Daily briefing: Model predicts a wave of COVID-19 deaths as China reduces its strict health protections. Plus, a historic global agreement on biodiversity and how researchers can help to solve the energy crisis
The 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biodiversity, or COP15, came to a dramatic end early this morning, with“We have 30 by 30,” said Canada’s minister of environment and climate change, Steven Guilbeault, a. “Six months ago, who would have thought we could get 30 by 30 in Montreal? We have an agreement to halt and reverse biodiversity loss, to work on restoration, to reduce the use of pesticides. This is tremendous progress.
The dispute highlights the gulf between good intentions and the hard work yet to come, says Natasha Gilbert, who is reporting at the conference for. “Will this undermine the integrity of the framework?” she asks. “It's all very well pushing a document through, but what really matters is how it is implemented.”
How will global energy supplies change following the market turmoil created by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? And how will the energy crisis affect climate action?
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