Can climate change and biodiversity loss be tackled together?
Channel: Carbon Brief
Date: 01/04/2022

The Carbon Brief Interview: UN biodiversity chief Elizabeth Maruma Mrema

https://www.carbonbrief.org/the-carbon-brief-interview-un-biodiversity-chief-elizabeth-maruma-mrema

 “There's no way they can be tackled in silos, otherwise global warming will continue and biodiversity loss will continue.”

Elizabeth Maruma Mrema is the executive secretary of the UN’s Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). She worked for the UN Environment Programme for more than two decades, as director of the law division and deputy director of the ecosystem division. On 31 March, she was awarded the 2022 Kew International Medal. 

Carbon Brief interviewed the executive secretary on 29 March at the UN biodiversity talks in Geneva.


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