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Cop15 Q&A: Why this biodiversity summit should matter to everyone
Will the world accept that biodiversity loss is just as big an existential threat as global warming?
Cop15 talks are bogged down by too little agreement on too many issues. File photograph: Collins
Kevin O'Sullivan
Sun Dec 11 2022 - 17:39
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Climate change
Biodiversity
United Nations (UN)
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