IPBES Global Assessment Inspires Canadian Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna to Call for a “Paris Agreement moment for nature”

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) Canadian Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna has called for a “Paris Agreement moment for nature” during a G7 environmental ministers meeting in Metz, France. McKenna said that the IPBES Global Assessment presented a "massive challenge" for nations to tackle leading drivers of biodiversity loss such as pollution, climate change. The Minister compared the Global Assessment to the October, 2018 IPCC report on 1.5°C, “This was like the IPCC report on climate change. We now understand the magnitude of the challenge. We need a Paris Agreement moment for nature, and I’m hoping we’re leading to that in 2020.”