At a UN conference in Colombia, the international community is struggling to protect nature. Disinterest is dangerous.
Species extinction is more threatening than climate change, because climate change is about
how humanity survives on Earth; species conservation is about
whether it can survive at all.
Climate change is a huge problem, but one that can be tackled technically. Whether renewable energies, processes to remove CO₂ from the air or higher dykes: Human ingenuity will help to tackle global warming.
The damage to biodiversity, on the other hand, can hardly be repaired. There will be no technological solutions for this. Ecosystems are too complex for that.
What's gone is gone.
The 16th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 16) marks a decisive moment in global efforts to implement the ambitious targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and therefore meet the challenges of the biodiversity crisis.
Sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 16)
16th Conference of Parties on Biological Diversity
