‘Montreal will be for nature what Paris was for climate’: Canada can play key role at COP15 in saving over a million species from extinction, says nature activist

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May is concerned about how Canada-China tensions will affect the conservation conference, given Canada is the host and China is the president.

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault received thousands of letters from Canadians collected by Nature Canada as COP15 started in Montreal on Dec. 7. Photograph courtesy of Nature Canada

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BY CHRISTOPHER GULY

December 12, 2022

With more than one million of the planet’s species facing extinction, Canada can play a more involved leadership role in helping to halt “nature loss,” says Gauri Sreenivasan, policy and campaigns director at Nature Canada.

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