People visit the immersive video experience hosted by the National Geographic Society during a press event during COP15 in Montreal on December 7.ANDREJ IVANOV/Getty Images Anyone who shows up at the UN biodiversity conference, known as COP15, will find that it takes time to get through the door. After first showing proof of vaccination in …
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Despite a cold, steady drizzle on a Montreal afternoon, Chris Breier thought it was the best time to do his volunteer work at Falaise St-Jacques, an escarpment west of downtown. Five days a week for most of the year since his retirement, Breier has maintained the slope of the forest sandwiched between St-Jacques Street in …
COP15 is finally underway in Montreal, Canada, after more than two years of delay. During the opening ceremony, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called for a global agreement to protect 30% of the planet’s land and water by 2030. This could be one of the main agreements reached at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference. But …
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Thousands of delegates representing 192 countries will spend the next two weeks in Montreal crafting a once-in-a-decade agreement that will aim to build a more lasting relationship between humans and nature. The UN biodiversity summit, known as COP15, officially kicks off on December 7 in Montreal. If all goes as planned, the conference will produce …
MONTREAL – Last year’s Supreme Court of Canada ruling in favor of a controversial Quebec comedian has forced the province’s human rights commission to close 194 discrimination complaint files in fiscal year 2021 -22. The findings are contained in the commission’s activity report for the period and mark the first time the government body has …
Quebec Human Rights Commission Drops Nearly 200 Cases After Supreme Court Ruling Read More »
Once upon a time in Rio de Janeiro, twin treaties were born. One was designed to stop climate change; the other to save nature – forests, rivers, oceans, grasslands, bogs, tundra and all other wild places, and all the animals that depend on them. The “parents” of the two treaties, the international delegates to the …
Why the ‘ugly duckling’ of nature conferences is about to come out in Canada Read More »
