UN biodiversity conference begins in Montreal

Scientists and activists are meeting in Montreal, Canada, this week for the United Nations biodiversity conference. On the agenda is the unprecedented declines in plant and animal diversity around the planet and what can be done to reverse these worrying trends. To discuss the conference, The World’s host Marco Werman speaks to Clare Shine, CEO of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership in the UK.

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