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There have been calls for a joint approach to tackling climate change and biodiversity loss for years, but to date, co-ordinated global policy is still lacking. (Pixabay/Pat Josse)

August 21, 2024

A window of opportunity for climate and biodiversity

Idil Boran, York University, Canada and Nathalie Pettorelli, Zoological Society of London

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Convention on Biological Diversity are separate platforms, but climate change and biodiversity loss urgently require a joint approach.

Children march at the welcoming ceremony of the Conference of the Parties (COP23) in Bonn, Germany. (UNclimatechange/flickr)

November 16, 2017

How citizens are fighting climate change on the global stage

Dawn R Bazely, York University, Canada; Idil Boran, York University, Canada, and Sapna Sharma, York University, Canada

As delegates meet in Bonn for the latest rounds of climate talks, civil society, NGOs, cities, regional governments and businesses, are stepping up to work together toward climate goals.

Civil society and other groups, such as academics and businesses, stand to play a bigger role in how the countries of the world address climate change. Photo by IISD/ENB | Liz Rubin

November 23, 2016

With waning US leadership on climate, nonstate actors to play outsize role

Kenneth Shockley, Colorado State University and Idil Boran, York University, Canada

Recent global climate talks at COP22 saw a growing role for businesses, NGOs and the state of California – a promising sign for action on climate change in the face of U.S. inaction.

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