Outcomes of COP15: Implications for the financial sector

The United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) concluded in December with an agreement adopted by 188 governments to guide global action on nature to 2030. This agreement, known as the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), consists of four overarching goals to protect nature, and 23 specific targets to be achieved by 2030.   Targets include:  Bring the loss of areas of high biodiversity importance close to zero by 2030 Ensure that by 2030 at least 30% of degraded lands are under effective restoration  Ensure that by 2030 at lea...