Each year, governments in large and emerging economies provide $345bn (£247bn) of potentially harmful agricultural subsidies, according to the OECD. The failure to remove these subsidies was one of the 20 Aichi biodiversity targets governments failed to meet, and Mrema said the international community needed to take it seriously alongside increasing protected areas. The comments come as negotiations on a Paris-style agreement for nature restart on Monday following months of delays due to the pandemic. In October, final negotiations are scheduled to be held in Kunming, China, to thrash out a final agreement on biodiversity targets for this decade. “One thing people really need to understand is that, compared to the climate negotiations, Kunming is more vulnerable to changes imposed by the pandemic.

Source: The Guardian May 02, 2021 06:00 UTC