Implications of COVID-19 on Progress in the UN Conventions on Biodiversity and Climate Change

• Main Authors: Ortiz, Andrea Monica D, de Leon, Alaya M, Torres, Justine Nicole V, Guiao, Cecilia Therese T, La Viña, Antonio Gabriel M
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: biodiversity; COVID-19; climate change; Paris Agreement; policy; Biodiversity; Climate; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/es-faculty-pubs/71; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1073&context=es-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

2020 was to be a landmark year for setting targets to stop biodiversity loss and prevent dangerous climate change. However, COVID-19 has caused delays to the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and the 26th COP of the UN Framework Convention on Climate C...