(Montreal – Dec. 19, 2022) Against a backdrop of a global biodiversity crisis, delegates from more than 190 countries today agreed on a new set of goals to guide global action through 2030 to halt and reverse the loss of nature. The pact covers how countries will reach 23 targets aimed at halting biodiversity loss, preserving nature and ensuring resources are deployed equitably across countries to achieve these goals. “The agreement reached today in Montreal is a ringing endorsement of the urgent need to halt biodiversity loss, preserve nature, and put the planet on a path toward recovery from what will be a mass extinction of plants and animals if we fail to act.