What does Cop15s buzzword nature positive mean?

Published: Dec. 20, 2022, 5 a.m.

b'A historic deal has been struck at the UN\\u2019s biodiversity conference, Cop15, which will set a course for nature recovery from now until 2050, including a target to protect 30% of the planet for nature by the end of the decade. One of the key phrases guiding the summit across the two weeks of negotiations was \\u2018nature positive\\u2019. Madeleine Finlay hears from the biodiversity reporter Phoebe Weston about what \\u2018nature positive\\u2019 meant at Cop15, and what she\\u2019d like to see from countries now the final agreement has been made, and speaks to biodiversity professor EJ Milner-Gulland about how to stop the term \\u2018nature positive\\u2019 becoming another way for companies to greenwash their businesses.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod'