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COP15: debunking myths on biodiversity and deforestation target-setting – AXA Investment Managers

The deforestation battle is not yet won. The issue persists and is relevant for financial institutions.

Posted on Jan 19, 2023

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... Last month, delegates meet at the United Nations Biodiversity conference COP15 in Montreal at a time when biodiversity is deteriorating at such an alarming rate that the phenomenon has been referred to as the sixth mass extinction – and is expected to cause new organisational and subsistence challenges to human societies. The 2022 global Living Planet Index gives a good idea of the magnitude of this collapse as it shows an average 69% decrease in monitored wildlife populations between 1970 and 2018. Every organisation is at risk of being destabilised as this phenomenon continues.

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