Opinion: Why We Can’t Ignore Biodiversity Loss Any Longer

The global community has overcome seemingly intractable sustainability problems before — just look at the agreement to repair the ozone layer in the late 1980s, praised as a “positive and powerful outcome of multilateralism.”

Today, multiple crises jostle for multilateralism’s attention. Rebuilding trust — the theme of Davos 2024 — is often the first step to overcoming these issues. Can the world unite to overcome biodiversity loss?