COP 15: Historic agreement in favor of global biodiversity
Countries already have pro-biodiversity targets for 2030
At the summit on biodiversity in Montreal in Canada, the participating countries have agreed that by 2030 there will be at least 30% of terrestrial, marine and lake areas protected.
It is a great step to conserve the planet's biodiversity. Never before has biodiversity been so high up in world politics. The road has not been easy since the last biodiversity conference was held 4 years ago and due to Covid-19 it has been postponed. In principle it had to be held in China, which is the one that has the presidency of the conference, but in the end it has had a co-presidency together with Canada due to the Covid 0 policy in the Asian giant.
The agreement came at the last minute before the end of the conference, in extremis agreements are already becoming a classic, as we saw at COP 27 this year. In which despite major conflicts such as the War in Russia and Ukraine or the energy crisis that Europe is experiencing with the rise in the price of electricity and gas that the electricity companies affect consumers makes it difficult to reach agreements multilateral.
It should be remembered that in the COP 27 agreement, two major agreements were mainly reached:
Agreement 1: Common fund for damages with greater transparency
Agreement 2: Prevention and mitigation of damage in poor countries
Agreements signed by all participants
Agreement 1: Protect by 2030 30% of the terrestrial, marine and lake areas, as well as restore those that are damaged.
Agreement 2: Progressively eliminate by 2030 subsidies harmful to nature, public funds allocated for example to unsustainable deforestation, agriculture or fishing in favor of progress.
Agreement 3: Recognize the rights of indigenous people as guarantors of the protection of nature.
Agreement 4: Provide 31,000 million to the poorest and least developed countries so that they can make the transformation towards sustainability.
The last point has generated some tension among some African countries that consider that these funds right now as written in the agreement will go mainly to China, Brazil or Indonesia, among others and not to Africa. In any case, mutual agreement has been reached.
Chiaroscuro regarding the agreement
There is not enough clarity in the language regarding reducing and making more sustainable basic production and consumption for the protection of biodiversity.
The 2010 Ei-ichi Negishi agreement has not been implemented in a way that makes the success of the one just signed doubtful.
"End of a long journey" according to the president of the summit
Huang Runqiu, Chairman of the Biodiversity Summit: This is a historic moment. Today we are nearing the end of a long journey, which has involved numerous meetings in different parts of the world. We have even worked to achieve it in the midst of the global Covid-19 pandemic. And now, we have finally reached our destination.
Source: https://www.companias-de-luz.com/noticias/cop-15/
