The LDN invests in private sector land sustainability projects to restore land degraded by environmental damage and human activity. "When sea levels rise, when droughts become the norm and not the exception, this has catastrophic effects on national habitats," Trudeau told the virtual One Planet Summit. One Planet Summit organizers say promoting biodiversity is "our life insurance" in a world where the trends of climate change and biodiversity loss are accelerating. That meeting and the UN's next major climate summit were both postponed last year because of the pandemic. Canada's investment in the LDN is part of a $2.65 billion climate finance commitment Trudeau announced in 2015 to help developing countries tackle climate change.

Source: CBC News January 11, 2021 19:55 UTC