A ‘people’s COP’ to heal the planet: UN biodiversity summit opens in Colombia

Secretary-General António Guterres urged delegations from some 190 countries to “make peace with nature” and shore up a plan to stop habitat loss, save endangered species, and preserve our planet’s precious ecosystems as the latest UN biodiversity summit got under way in Cali, Colombia on Sunday night.

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A ‘people’s COP’ to heal the planet: UN biodiversity summit opens in Colombia
World Environment Day: Earth ‘cannot keep up with our demands’

World Environment Day: Earth ‘cannot keep up with our demands’

03 Jun 2022

“This planet is our only home”, Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message for World Environment Day, to be marked this Sunday, warning that the Earth’s natural systems “cannot keep up with our demands”.  

World Environment Day: Earth ‘cannot keep up with our demands’

03 Jun 2022

“This planet is our only home”, Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message for World Environment Day, to be marked this Sunday, warning that the Earth’s natural systems “cannot keep up with our demands”.  

World must ‘change track’ to protect oceans from climate crisis: Guterres

11 Feb 2022

The planet is facing the triple crises of climate disruption, biodiversity loss and pollution, Secretary-General António Guterres told the One Ocean Summit on Friday, warning that “the ocean shoulders much of the burden”.