Agreement on ’30 by 30’ target forced through by Chinese president, ignoring objections from some African states
Governments appeared to have signed a once-in-a-decade deal to halt the destruction of Earth’s ecosystems, but the agreement seemed to have been forced through by the Chinese president, ignoring the objections of some African states.
After more than four years of negotiations, repeated delays due to the Covid-19 pandemic and talks into the night on Sunday in Montreal, nearly 200 countries – apart from the US and the Vatican – signed an agreement at the biodiversity Cop15, which was co-hosted by Canada and China, to put humanity on a path to living in harmony with nature by the middle of the century.