COP15 negotiators heading towards a global nature deal: Environment minister
Maria Susana Muhamad Gonzalez, Colombia’s Environment minister, said she believed that last number will need to come up to between $30 billion and $100 billion per year.
But he said the agreement needs to be strengthened, noting there are no numerical targets on a key goal that includes halting human-induced species extinctions by 2050 and increasing the abundance of native wild species. Representatives of environment and civil society groups praised the text’s conservation and finance goals, but said it fell short in other areas.
However, he said he’s worried about language on “sustainable use” in protected areas and said more clarification is needed on the commitment to oceans.
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