Cop15 summit: DRC drops objections to seal deal on historic action on biodiversity
by Patrick Greenfield and Phoebe Weston in Montreal from Environment | The Guardian on (#67124)
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the world's most biodiverse countries, and its objections raised the prospect of legal challenges
A once-in-a-decade deal to halt the destruction of Earth's ecosystems finally won full support at Cop15 in Montreal on Monday after the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) dropped its opposition.
Earlier on Monday, Eve Bazaiba, the DRC's environment minister, threatened to throw the integrity of the historic UN biodiversity agreement into doubt just hours after it was signed, when China's summit president appeared to ignore her country's objections to the text and forced it through.
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