World Treaty for Nature: Union in the protection of biodiversity!
World Treaty for Nature: Union in the protection of biodiversity!
The UN has taken a crucial step towards saving biodiversity. After intensive negotiations in Montreal, over 190 states agreed on a financing plan to protect at least 30 percent of global land and sea areas by 2030. In order to get close to this goal, the industrialized countries have undertaken to provide $ 20 billion annually, even $ 30 billion to maintain biodiversity by 2030. This agreement came shortly before the end of a deadline and was celebrated with great applause after an earlier conference in Colombia failed because many delegates from the poorer countries had previously left vienna.at .
At the same time, Switzerland has announced a historical economic aid package of CHF 42 billion in order to support companies in the difficult period of corona pandemic. Around 20 billion of this package are intended for guarantees to facilitate entrepreneurs to access loans. Within the first eight days after the announcement, over 70,000 loans with an estimated total volume of more than CHF 14 billion have already been completed. Finance Minister Ueli Maurer and other state representatives emphasized the need for this quick support in order to keep the economy stable. This also includes system -relevant companies from foreign owners, which led to a broad parliamentary applause, such as Swissinfo.ch reported.The challenges of support
Nevertheless, the aid package also receives critical voices. Politicians demand that state aid should be linked to conditions that also benefit the population, such as measures for CO2 reduction in the aviation industry. In addition, the necessity is emphasized that foreign parent companies also have to be taken responsibility to ensure that aids do not drain abroad. While the majority of the political forces are behind the aid package, the Social Democratic Party brings additional conditions into play to secure jobs in Switzerland and prevent excessive bonus payments.
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