The world comes to Montreal to reverse the trend of species extinction

A conversation with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the United Nations biodiversity talks in Montreal.

Biodiversity - the variety of life on the planet, including plants, invertebrates and ocean species - is declining at a rate not seen in human history. An intergovernmental scientific group predicts that one million species are in danger of extinction.

ImagePrime Minister Justin Trudeau meeting with reporters in Montreal this week.Credit...Ian Austen/The New York Times< /figure>< p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">After two years of delay due to the pandemic, government delegations from the nde gathered in Mont Real to try to reach a 10-year agreement to reduce biodiversity loss, under a United Nations treaty called the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Before the meeting, my colleagues Catrin Einhorn and Lauren Leatherby prepared an image-rich article outlining the issues. And Catrin, who will be in Montreal to report on the meeting, also spoke with Manuela Andreoni about the Climate Forward newsletter from the meeting, commonly referred to as COP 15.

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During the second day of the co.. .