Is it too late to save our planet’s biodiversity?

Leaders from around the world will gather in Glasgow for the COP26 Climate Change Summit in just fewer than three weeks.

A closely linked United Nations summit on biodiversity is taking place right now in China – with the aim of preserving our planet’s wildlife.

UN scientists say human activity is driving a million species towards extinction.

Representatives at a similar summit in 2010 agreed on a 10-year conservation plan.

But none of those targets has been met.

So what will this meeting in Kunming, China achieve?

Presenter: Peter Dobbie

Guests:

Gavin Edwards – Global coordinator, New Deal for Nature and People at World Wide Fund International

Nancy Githaiga – Kenya country director at the African Wildlife Foundation

Stephan Singer – Senior climate science and global energy policy adviser at Climate Action Network International