We heard from @wwf_uk's Bernadette Fischler Hopper about their hopes for #COP15: "This week leaders and decision-makers from all over the world gather at crucial nature talks in Montreal, Canada, for the 15th meeting of the parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity – otherwise known as CBD COP15. UN conventions are always non-stop, and often involve all-night negotiations. I know I’ll be tired at the end! But the effort is vital – big issues like this can only be tackled through active collaboration between nations. This COP15 is crucial and WWF has been working up to it for years: it represents a once-in-a-decade chance to agree a global deal to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030. All of us depend on nature. It provides the air we breathe, water we drink, food we eat, places we love and the animals and plants all around us. It’s our life support system – and our greatest ally in the fight against climate change. WWF’s latest Living Planet Report shows that nature is declining at rates unprecedented in human history, with global wildlife populations plummeting by 69% on average since 1970. One million species are now threatened with extinction. Here in the UK, we’re one of the most nature depleted countries in the world– more than one in seven of our native species face extinction and more than 40% are in decline. At COP15, WWF is calling on all countries to secure a game-changing agreement to reverse the loss of nature by the end of 2030. Ending the decade with more nature than we had at the start is essential to securing a sustainable future for both people and the planet. It also helps ensure that the 1.5 degree goal of the Paris Agreement on climate change remains within reach. If leaders pull together this could be nature’s equivalent of the Paris Agreement. But there is a lack of ambition in the current draft text to tackle the drivers of biodiversity loss. When you’re negotiating on something as critical as nature, the stakes are high. The level of ambition at COP15 needs to reflect the scale of the nature crisis we’re facing, and world leaders must send a clear signal that this is a top priority." Extended version online.