“No country wants to return to the situation we’re in today” these are the words of the Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biodiversity, Elizabeth Maruma Mrema.


She led the devastating report published earlier this year which found that not a single one of the 2010 20 Aichi Biodiversity targets had been met in their entirety. Next year, alongside world leaders, Elizabeth will set new goals for 2030 in Kunming. The big question is how to stop history from repeating itself.

“Lessons have been learned” she told Stephen Cole “Covid has made us even more aware, giving us a stark reminder of our unsustainable relationship with nature. I hope we will not repeat mistakes of the past.”

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