COP15 achieves breakthrough biodiversity achievement

After what many have considered a historic lack of cooperation between world leaders on climate change, COP15 is being praised as an achievement.

Delegates applaud at the COP15 conference in Montreal (Getty) Source: AFP / LARS HAGBERG/AFP via Getty Images

Leaders have committed to protecting 30 per cent of land and water by 2030.

Negotiators have reached a historic deal at a U.N. biodiversity conference, representing the most significant effort to protect the world's lands and oceans.

The agreement also provides critical financing to save biodiversity in the developing world.

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