Canada is stepping up to help win a global agreement to halt biodiversity loss, but it must also act to stop destruction of nature at home

At COP15, Canada can help build momentum for a new global agreement on biodiversity.

Biodiversity matters because there is no way to limit global warming to 1.5 Celsius unless we better protect, manage and restore nature, write Graham Saul, executive director of Nature Canada, and Sandra Schwartz, national executive director of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY GRAHAM SAUL AND SANDRA SCHWARTZ

December 12, 2022

For decades, scientists around the world have been sounding the alarm about the overexploitation of nature and the resultant extinction crisis that threaten our very survival.

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