India, Dec. 18 -- The final text of the GBF is expected to be released on the morning of December 18, local time

Will biodiversity see a 'Paris moment' at the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Montreal, Canada? The question still stands as three days of high-level talks involving ministers have ended with limited success.

The ministers were supposed to provide political direction and momentum to the final stages of the negotiations on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).

The successes included assurance regarding resource mobilisation. There is now consensus that $200 billion will be made available every year from all sources by 2030.

However, it is not c...