'Total breakdown imminent': COP15 biodiversity talks on the brink over finance and subsidy reform row

Environment ministers from the world are set to descend on Montreal today to try and galvanise faltering talks to agree a global deal to halt biodiversity loss by 2030. Their arrival comes as fears mount that a lack of consensus and ambition at the ongoing COP15 Biodiversity Summit could result in a toothless pact that fails to deliver the desired step change in nature protection globally. Just five out of 22 targets have been agreed, despite less than a week remaining at the Montreal talks. More than 130 ministers are expected to attend the 'high-level' segment of the summit, which s...