Opinion: Big win for biodiversity overshadowed by World Cup
By DW
23 December 2022 |
9:41 am
As Argentina grabbed the headlines for winning the FIFA World Cup, global leaders struck a historic deal to halt species extinction, writes Andrew Deutz of The Nature Conservancy.
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