Governments from around the world will convene in Montreal, Canada from December 7-19, 2022, for the 15th UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15). COP15 presents a critical opportunity for safeguarding the world’s forests, grasslands and oceans after years of bypassing previous conservation targets, but only if delegates leave with a strong international biodiversity agreement in place. A goal for this summit is for countries to agree to protect 30% of the world’s land and ocean by 2030 — the 30x30 target — but protecting ocean health can’t stop there. WRI experts reveal what the ocean needs from the COP15 summit and beyond. Read more.

Limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees C is not going to be easy, but it’s essential for averting dangerous impacts of climate change. Meeting this goal will require the complete transformation of every major system: power, buildings, industry, forest, transportation, land, food and agriculture. WRI and partners created the new Systems Change Lab to spur action at the pace and scale needed. The platform tracks 70 shifts needed by 2030 and 2050 to produce major change across climate, nature and equity. WRI experts demystify what exactly we mean by “systems change” and how we can achieve it. Read more.