The U.N. climate talks in Egypt closed on Sunday with a resolution to address the dual crises of climate change and nature loss, but did little to boost next month's global meeting on biodiversity.
A honeybee gathers pollen from a flower at a farm in the western Austrian village of Seefeld May 14, 2013. REUTERS/ Dominic EbenbichlerCampaigners want a 'Paris Agreement for Nature'in Egypt closed on Sunday with a resolution to address the dual crises of climate change and nature loss, but did little to boost next month's global meeting on biodiversity.
The decision "failed to signal the need for to be successful, demonstrating the continued unnecessary and outdated walls between the U.N. climate and biodiversity approaches," said Brian O'Donnell, director of non-profit organisation Campaign for Nature. Currently, 21 conservation targets are proposed on efforts from reducing pesticide use to cutting harmful subsidies by at least $500 billion per year. The "landmark" target of the draft Montreal deal proposes protecting 30% of the world's land and sea by 2030 - known informally as 30-by-30.Scientists believe the Earth is experiencing a sixth mass extinction event, with more than one million species at risk of disappearing.
It encouraged parties to "consider, as appropriate, nature-based solutions or ecosystem-based approaches" to climate change. These include strategies such as protecting forests or restoring wetlands to aid the Earth's natural ability to store carbon.
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