The urgent need for systemic change in order to avoid biodiversity collapse and further climate catastrophe echoed across the opening weekend of the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Marseille, France. In a speech to kick off the congress on Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron stressed the importance of addressing both biodiversity and climate change in an integrated way, saying, “There is no vaccine for a sick planet.”
Organized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the meeting, which was delayed for a year by the Covid-19 pandemic, is the largest international event devoted to biodiversity, and will help shape the conservation agenda for the next decade. The gathering runs through Sept. 11.
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