Comment: Reconvened COP16

“We finally have a breakthrough on international nature finance. The agreement reached at the reconvened COP16 talks in Rome keeps 30x30 alive, offering a lifeline for the countless numbers of species around our fragile planet threatened with extinction. It demonstrates the strength of international agreements in securing progress on important climate and nature pledges: the climate and nature crises do not respect national borders and demand collaboration between nations to deal with them effectively.

“I am pleased to see that the Government has delivered on its Kunming-Montreal commitment to issue a UK national biodiversity strategy and action plan (NBSAP) for 2030, committing the UK, its Crown Dependencies and overseas territories to achieving to achieving all 23 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework targets set in 2022.

“Now we have the agreement, we need the action. I look forward to the Nature Minister coming to the House of Commons at the earliest opportunity to set out in more detail how the UK expects to show leadership in this critically important area.”

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