Wealthy nations prioritised unrealistic targets over a global biodiversity fund

COP15 biodiversity negotiations ended in Montreal with parties agreeing to ambitious global goals to conserve land and oceans, but failing to mobilise the funds requested by developing countries. Early on 19 December in Montreal, negotiations at the 15^th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) came to a contested close. 

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