A note from the executive editor

摘要

This year is an absolutely crucial moment for the environment. In November, pandemic permitting, the UK will host the COP26 climate change conference, in which the world's nations must finally come good on the commitments made in Paris a little over five years ago to limit global warming to 1.5°C. In May, a crunch meeting in China has been planned to establish global targets for conserving biodiversity over the next 10 years, which the UN has declared to be the "Decade on Ecosystem Restoration".