“Failure is not in science, but in the short term and political expediency” – Liberation

Inger Andersen, director of the United Nations Environment Programme, defends “multilateralism”, “the only way to solve the ecological crisis”. And he is annoyed by criticism of the interference of industrial lobbies in United Nations processes.

On the eve of the close of the UN COP15 on biodiversity in Montreal on Monday, environment ministers from around the world are trying to break the deadlock in negotiations aimed at sealing a “pact of peace with nature”. On Saturday, the Chinese presidency of this Conference of the Parties certainly promised to present a new one “Text Proposal” this Sunday at 8 am (2 pm in Paris) and the conclusion of a compromise agreement seems to be taking shape. But the whole question is whether it will be an ambitious agreement or a simple “paper agreement” that will not allow to stop the collapse of life on Earth, which threatens humanity.

And the criticisms are mounting on