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The climate and biodiversity crises are intertwined, but we risk pitting one against the other

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Climate change and biodiversity policies have evolved largely in isolation, even though the two crises are deeply intertwined. Both countries have their own UN summits with the same name and numbering system. The United Nations Biodiversity Summit Cop16 just concluded in Colombia, while the Climate Summit Cop29 is currently being held in Azerbaijan. Confusingly, Saudi Arabia…