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December 2023 marked the first anniversary of the COP15 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. This agreement between 188 governments worldwide includes the ’30 by 30’ goal that is giving direction and urgency to the pursuit of nature recovery. The Framework re-asserted the principles of the ecosystem approach as the way to fulfill the ambitions.
The Ecosystems Knoweldge Network organised a webinar entitled COP15 one year on: what is the best way to fulfill international biodiversity commitments?
and Sibthorp Trust made the key note presentation entitled Reasserting the Ecosystem Approach to implement the 2022 Kunming-Montreal framework.

Further development on the implementation of the Ecosystem Approach
‘Ecosystem Management:

The Climate change action after Copenhagen. What Next?
The Sibthorp Trust has published a provocative series of articles for the general public to stimulate formative debate on climate change in the in the post Copenhagen period by inviting a range of commentators to give their personal perspectives on where we are going and what needs to be done. The paper addresses the follows issues.
1. Was FCCC CoP 15 a failure?
2. Are new inter and intra governmental mechanisms needed?
3. Why is the scientific consensus not getting through?
4. Will the technology development stumble now?
5. How should the public be mobilised to act rather than just opine?
6. What are the critical next steps?
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