‘An incremental win’: environmental groups praise Canada’s leadership at COP15, call for action to honour promises

The new Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework includes more than 20 targets to be met by 2030, but campaigner Charlotte Dawe says it only includes accountability measures for developing nations.

Canada's delegation to COP15 in Montreal, led by Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, worked with conference president China to broker key negotiations in the final days of the conference.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

December 20, 2022

Following general praise for Canada’s contributions behind the scenes toward a landmark biodiversity agreement at the COP15 United Nations conference, environmental advocates have tempered their messaging somewhat as they turn their focus to how the framework will address ...

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