a new global plan to turn 30% of the earth into environmental sanctuaries by 2030 is not the solution as humanity is scrambling to prevent the cascading effects of climate change .The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity is an international treaty tasked to do exactly that – protect the planet’s diversity of life which has 3 main objectives: the conservation of biological diversity, sustainable use of the components of biological diversity, and fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources. Do you think that protected areas can be a solution to climate change ?