Canada’s COP15 negotiator says business groups have role to play in biodiversity
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Van Havre says business groups have learned from climate change discussions that they need a way to assess risks.He points to a possible example of a company funding beef production that creates deforestation, which might not be a sustainable long-term investment. “They want measures of risk so that they can target their investment the right way,” van Havre said. “Guess what? That helps us.”Negotiators say about 900 so-called “brackets” _ points that haven’t yet been agreed on _ remain in the draft text.
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