The key highlights of this month’s issue include: Outcomes of the Geneva biodiversity conference; Blue Deal for economic recovery and sustainable growth; Roles of indigenous communities in biodiversity protection; Rise in online wildlife trade; Financing chemicals and waste management; Plastic taxes as new environmental policies; Regionalizing UNEA 5.2 plastic resolution in East Africa; Promoting the Science-Policy-Society Interface of synthetic biology; Launching ACP MEAs 3 Youth Engagement and Training Initiative in Europe.