With the annual U.N. climate summit in its final week, many of the world's environment ministers assembled in Egypt have begun setting their sights on another high-stakes meeting for nature taking place next month.
Campaigners are calling for a full-fledged "Paris Agreement for nature" under which countries set national conservation targets and then report routinely on their progress in meeting them."If we don't have successful outcomes in the climate process, then we cannot halt biodiversity loss," Cooper said.
Those that can't migrate or adapt will perish. The loss of forests and other ecosystems like coral reefs and seagrass beds will also leave the world with fewer natural forms of carbon sequestration. Already, these "carbon sinks" absorb about half of the excess emissions humans are pumping into the air from burning fossil fuels.
"You cannot have a dream of coping with climate change only through the emissions," Virginijus Sinkevičiu, European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, told Reuters. "If ecosystems are not able to cope, you don't have a success story" in fighting climate change.
Campaigners and delegates told Reuters they want to see a strong cover statement on biodiversity come out of COP27 before they head to Montreal. While the talks are now being held in Canada, China remains the official host.
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