Emmanuel Macron: ‘There is no vaccine for a sick planet’

Thousands of scientists and conservation experts gather in Marseille for the world's biggest biodiversity summit since the pandemic

The world's biggest biodiversity summit since the start of the pandemic has opened in the French port city of Marseille with a warning from Emmanuel Macron that there is no vaccine for a sick planet".

Speaking at the opening of the IUCN World Conservation Congress, the president echoed warnings from leading scientists that humanity must solve ongoing crises with climate and nature together or solve neither, urging the world to catch up on preventing the loss of biodiversity.