Activists warn a toothless UN nature pact will fail

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MONTREAL: The world's next global pact for nature is doomed without clear mechanisms for implementing targets, conservation groups said on Saturday (Dec 10) on the sidelines of UN talks, as hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Montreal demanding greater action. Similar factors were widely blamed f

MONTREAL: The world's next global pact for nature is doomed without clear mechanisms for implementing targets, conservation groups said on Saturday on the sidelines of UN talks, as hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Montreal demanding greater action.

Implementation mechanisms are at the heart of the Paris agreement on the fight against global warming, in the form of"nationally determined contributions". "And there is no compliance mechanism being discussed that could help organize this necessary conversation between governments, on how they could cooperate better."

Some wore costumes, dressed as birds, trees, and even caribou - an emblem of Canada's boreal forests that are now threatened.

 

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