Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was unequivocal when asked if Canada was going to meet its goal to protect one-quarter of all Canadian land and oceans by 2025.
Canada's negotiators at the COP15 conference say business groups and financial institutions have a role to play in preserving the planet's biodiversity.
COP15 is supposed to create a Paris Agreement for nature, but right now we stand on the brink of it being a failure, writes Kenyan environmentalist and climate activist Elizabeth Wathuti.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s opening speech at COP15 was interrupted by a group of Indigenous protesters playing drums and singing “Canada is on native land” and “climate leaders don’t build pipelines.”
Coastal First Nations striving to protect to B.C.’s Great Bear Sea got a boost after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $800 million in funding for Indigenous-led conservation projects on Wednesday.
Representatives from nearly 200 countries are to begin the real work on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at a crucial meeting on global biodiversity — hard talks on hard targets for saving enough of the world's ecosystems to keep the planet functioning.
Biodiversity thrives under Indigenous protection, but will Indigenous rights and title play a key part in negotiations at the COP15 biodiversity conference in Montreal — or will these issues remain at the margins?
Scientists around the world are warning governments who will be gathering in Montreal this week for the United Nations biodiversity summit to not repeat past mistakes and are urging officials to “avoid trade-offs” between people and conservation needs in a report on Monday, December 5, 2022.
A major international conference on preserving the world's biodiversity is to open on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, with speakers including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.