UN body unveils new plan to end ecological destruction, ‘preserve and protect nature’

Published on July 13, 2021

Equitably “redirecting, repurposing or eliminating incentives” that harm biodiversity by at least $500 billion per year is just one of the 21 ambitious targets of a new draft agreement released by a UN body in the lead up to the landmark November climate conference, COP26, in the United Kingdom.  

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