5 wins for nature in 2021
Bad news tends to get top billing — and it’s no different for environmental news, which at times this year was downright depressing.
Yet it wasn’t all gloom and doom. In fact, 2021 saw a series of major wins for the climate, for wildlife and for habitats around the world — yet you’d be forgiven if you missed them (or indeed forgot about them).
Take hope with Conservation News’ top 5 victories from 2021.
1) At UN Climate Talks, nature took center stage
In one of the largest in-person global convenings since the pandemic began, representatives from nearly 200 countries met in November to chart course for slowing climate breakdown at the UN Climate Talks in Glasgow.
And for the first time, nature rose to the top of the summit’s agenda, according to Shyla Raghav, Conservation International’s vice president of climate strategy.
“Years from now, the 2021 UN climate talks in Glasgow may well be remembered as a turning point — the point at which the Paris Agreement’s aspirations finally began to turn into action,” she said.
“The concept that nature is…
