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From December 7-19 in Montreal, Canada, 196 governments are meeting to strike a landmark agreement to guide global actions on biodiversity. The United Nations Biodiversity Conference, referred to as COP15, is set to adopt a new global biodiversity framework The Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework will be the first global framework on biodiversity adopted since the Aichi Biodiversity Targets in 2010. 196 countries have ratified the Convention on Biological Diversity, and 196 countries will need to adopt the framework at the meeting in Montreal. COP15 aims to achieve an historic agreement to halt and reverse nature loss, on par with the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. What is adopted in Montreal will essentially be a global blueprint to save the planet’s dwindling biodiversity. Source: UNDEP Read more  "... On tiny Pitcairn Island, with a population of fewer than 50, it is well over a decade since the last child was born. But it’s not the same everywhere in the Pacific – while Micronesia and Polynesia are broadly shrinking, Melanesian nations are booming. Migration isn’t new, of course. What will be new is the prospect of so many people moving that small nations effectively cease to exist. Climate change will only intensify these shifts..." Source: The Conversation Read the complete article here  Majuro atoll and Majuro town in Marshall islands
The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) and CSIRO have jointly released the seventh biennialState of the Climate report which draws on "the latest national and international climate research, encompassing observations, analyses and future projections to describe year-to-year variability and longer-term changes in Australia’s climate."
Watch the summary (2:03) below "A UN-backed mission to the Great Barrier Reef has concluded the world’s biggest coral reef system should be placed on a list of world heritage sites in danger.  The long-awaited report on the 10-day mission that took place in March said climate change was presenting a “serious challenge” to the values that saw the reef inscribed as a global wonder in 1981... Source: The Guardian Read the news article here |