Takeaways from UN's COP15 conference on biodiversity

Published December 19, 2022 at 12:40 PM EST

A month after the United Nation’s climate conference COP27 wrapped up in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, another conference has scientists and leaders around the world racing for a plan to protect nature. For the past two weeks, 17,000 people and delegates from 190 countries have been meeting in Montreal to figure out a way to stop the ongoing decline of wildlife and ecosystems in the biggest conference on biodiversity, ever.

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong is joined by Benji Jones, senior environmental reporter at Vox, who has been covering the conference in Montreal.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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