Climate Emergency Forum at COP15 in Montréal

The Climate Emergency Forum (CEF) team attended and presented at the Biodiversity Conference, COP15 in Montréal, Quebec, Canada, which took place from Dec. 7 to Dec. 19, 2022.

Those attending in person were Paul, Charles and Heidi. Peter attended virtually.

CEF gave one presentation in the Press Conference room which included special guest, John D. Liu along with regular panelist Paul Beckwith. Both Dr. Peter Carter and Regina Valdez provided pre-recorded segments for the presentation. The title of the presentation was “Ecosystem Restoration to Restore Biodiversity” and the link to this presentation is provided here.

Also during our 4 days of attendance Paul, Charles and Heidi arranged an interview on each day with the following guests:

• John D. Liu - Commonland and Ecosystem Restoration Camps
• Nick Bestevaar - Vita Sapien
• Elizabeth May - MP for Saanich—Gulf Islands and Co-leader of the Green Party of Canada - Program Video Link
• Katharine Hayhoe - Chief Scientist at The Nature Conservancy and Professor of Political Science at Texas Tech University - Program Video Link

We thank the following organizations for making our attendance at the COP15 Biodiversity Conference possible:

• Vita Sapien
• Facing Future