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Minister Guilbeault rallies pan-Canadian effort to support ambitious nature protection goals brokered at COP15

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Wednesday, May 24, 2023
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Conserving nature is foundational to all efforts to combat the triple crises of biodiversity loss, climate change, and pollution.

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  • Conserving nature is foundational to all efforts to combat the triple crises of biodiversity loss, climate change, and pollution.
  • The goal is to put nature on a path to recovery by 2050, including the development of Canada's 2030 Biodiversity Strategy.
  • It will be the first face-to-face ministers' meeting since December's breakthrough COP15, where the world agreed to the Kunming-MontrĂ©al Global Biodiversity Framework.
  • Canada is also advancing the domestic ban on harmful single-use plastics to help keep plastics out of our natural environment.

Statement - International Day for Biological Diversity 2023

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Friday, May 19, 2023
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GATINEAU, QC, May 19, 2023 /CNW/ - The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, issued the following statement today:

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  • GATINEAU, QC, May 19, 2023 /CNW/ - The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, issued the following statement today:
    "Canadians are a nature-loving people.
  • "May 22 is International Day for Biological Diversity, and this year's theme, 'From Agreement to Action: Build Back Biodiversity,' builds on the results of COP15.
  • "As a large and biodiversity-rich country, we are driving global action through historic investments and ambition in international negotiations.
  • If all of us act on the call of this year's International Day for Biological Diversity, we will build back biodiversity.