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#1187862018-11-02
UNEP says Africa could benefit from UN forum's resolution on gene sequencing
African countries could reap benefits if delegates attending the UN Convention on Biological Diversity meeting in Egypt later this month back a resolution on gene sequencing, a UN Environment official said on Thursday.
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#1188312018-11-07
Sisi welcomes hosting Biological Diversity Conf. in Sharm El Sheikh Tuesday
President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi welcomed Egypt's hosting of the COP 14 - Fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm El Sheikh on Tuesday.
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#1188532018-11-08
Global biodiversity treaty still searches for its moment in the spotlight
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt — As policymakers, conservation scientists and the global media geared up to attend U.N. climate talks in Poland, discussions on another environment-related global treaty were quietly drawing to a close in Egypt.
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#1188942018-12-06
UN aims to achieve Aichi Biodiversity Targets before 2020
The members of the United Nations' Convention on Biological Diversity agreed Thursday to boost the process to fulfill the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, which expire in 2020.
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#1188972018-12-06
Earth’s Biodiversity: A Pivotal Meeting at a Pivotal Time
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt , Nov 15 2018 (IPS) - The quality of the air we breathe, the food we eat and the water we drink depend directly on the state of our biodiversity, which is now in severe jeopardy. We need a transformational change in our relationship with nature to ensure the sustainable fu ...
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#1188982018-12-06
World has failed to halt biodiversity loss - Palmer
SHARM EL-SHEIKH - The Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, Dr Christiana Pascar Palmer, is concerned the world failed to stop the loss of biodiversity.
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#1188992018-12-06
UN conference sets agenda for biodiversity research
[SHARM EL-SHEIKH] A total of 196 nations have outlined the scientific support needed to protect biodiversity as part of a deal signed last week at the 2018 UN Biodiversity Conference of the Parties—also known as COP14.
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#1189002018-12-06
Governments commit to accelerate progress on biodiversity
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Global governments have recommitted to accelerate progress towards attaining the existing Aichi targets at the end of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Sharm el Sheik, Egypt on Thursday.
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#1189022018-12-06
‘Gene drive’ research to fight diseases can proceed cautiously, U.N. group decides
Scientists hoping to fight diseases with genetically engineered organisms that spread their genes in the wild will be able to proceed cautiously under an agreement reached this week. That was the compromise outcome of a protracted debate, conducted in Egypt at a major U.N. conference on biodiver ...
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#1189032018-12-06
In Sharm el Sheikh, a Time for Action on Biodiversity
The global community has gathered in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt for the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity, or CBD—an international treaty to which every country in the world other than the U.S. is a member (but that’s another story).
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#1189042018-12-06
Biodiversity conference sounds alarm about protecting coral reefs in the Caribbean
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt (CMC) – A new coalition of organisations, including the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), has been launched to galvanise global leadership to focus on the urgent need to protect coral reefs in the Caribbean and other places from extinction within decades.
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#1189052018-12-06
China urged to lead way in efforts to save life on Earth
Delegates at UN biodiversity conference turn to Beijing to avoid point of no return
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#1189062018-12-06
UN treaty agrees to limit gene drives but rejects a moratorium
Treaty’s vague language on how researchers can release engineered organisms has both opponents and supporters of the technology claiming victory.
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#1189072018-12-06
Protecting bio-diversity ' akin to fighting climate change'
The UN Convention on Biological Diversity is holding its 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties in Egypt to thrash out the main ways to achieve global biodiversity targets, for managing the world's ecosystems and wildlife.
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#1189082018-12-06
UN commends governments in helping achieve biodiversity targets
A senior UN official has commended sub-national governments in ensuring that the global biodiversity targets, known as Aichi Biodiversity targets, are achieved on the ground.
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#1189092018-12-06
UN Environment:Worlds Protected Areas Increase
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (Nov. 19, 2018)…. Up to 15 percent of terrestrial and seven percent of marine areas are now designated as protected areas, a report released by the UN Environment says.
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#1189112018-12-06
'Our consumption choices are driving biodiversity loss'
Humankind is decimating plant and animal species, with alarming consequences for the planet.
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#1189122018-12-06
From local to global: BirdLife at the UN Biodiversity Conference in Egypt
One of BirdLife’s largest delegations yet has just returned from an intensive three weeks of negotiations and side meetings at the biannual UN Biodiversity Conference of the Parties in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
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#1189132018-12-06
196 countries agree to scale up investments in nature, people towards 2020 and beyond
SHARM EL-Sheikh, Egypt, Dec. 6 -- The 2018 UN Biodiversity Conference in Egypt concluded with a broad international agreement on reversing the global destruction of nature and biodiversity loss threatening all forms of life on Earth. To combat this crisis, governments representing 196 countries ...
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#1189142018-12-06
New partnership signed at UN biodiversity conference to improve global biodiversity
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- A new partnership was announced on Sunday at the UN Biodiversity Conference 2018 to hasten the achievements of global goals on biodiversity.
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#1189152018-12-06
Asean tackles actions on biodiversity and human health at Egypt meet
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt—Addressing mental health and healthy aging through greening of cities; organizing information systems on diseases and state of biodiversity in emerging disease hot spots; and listing and mapping endangered medicinal and nutritional species were among the immediate joint in ...
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#1189162018-12-06
Amazon indigenous groups propose Mexico-sized 'corridor of life'
World’s biggest protected area would stretch across borders from Andes to Atlantic
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#1189172018-12-06
Global biodiversity – when it comes to the natural world, more is more
Amid last week’s furore over the Trump administration’s release of a major climate-change assessment that predicts dire consequences for the world’s health and economy, lies an equally urgent matter: biodiversity and its current decline.
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#1189182018-12-06
Habitat loss threatens all our futures, world leaders warned
As a UN conference convenes to work out a new deal for protecting the planet’s biodiversity, the focus falls on the nations that are not attending
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#1189192018-12-06
Gene Editing Divides UN Biodiversity Convention Members On Synthetic Biology Evaluation
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — After informal closed consultations, a draft decision was issued yesterday on how the UN Convention on Biological Diversity should address potential impacts of synthetic biology, during the biennial conference of the parties taking place this week.
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#1189202018-12-06
Economically Sound And Fair Global Genetics Benefit-Sharing System Possible, Panellists Say
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — UN Convention on Biological Diversity members were trying this week to address questions that were left open when its protocol on access and benefit-sharing was adopted eight years ago.
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#1204712019-03-25
China plans ‘landmark’ biodiversity talks
A country that now claims it is attempting to chart a development path away from its former “pollute now, clean up later” approach, China will host the most important biodiversity conference in a decade next year.
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#1205812019-03-29
China set to lead on biodiversity
As China gets set to hold a key biodiversity conference in 2020, the biggest in a decade, Feng Hao provides the context of why this is such an important issue, both for China and the world
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#1205852019-03-29
France to reach out to Pacific Leaders on a global agreement on the protection of the world’s biodiversity
After the success of the Paris Agreement on climate change in 2015, France now wants to champion a similar global agreement for the protection of the world’s biodiversity.And the European nation is campaigning to push through a global pact on biodiversity at the next Conference of the Parties to ...
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#1225942019-10-09
China to build national museum of plants
China will build a national museum of plants in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
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#1230552019-11-19
Towards a global biodiversity accord
The 2015 Paris climate agreement was made possible when countries realised it was in their own interest to commit to reducing their carbon dioxide emissions. But a similar understanding of the need for stronger conservation policies has yet to take hold, putting the world’s ecosystems increasing ...
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#1232652019-12-04
#Biodiversity – MEPs call for legally binding targets, as for climate change
Next year’s UN biodiversity conference, the COP15, should be the biodiversity equivalent of the Paris agreement on climate change, says the Environment Committee.
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#1234962019-12-18
Why is 2020 is a key year for the future of the planet’s environment
The recent bleak results at the COP25 climate summit in Madrid created enough reasons to be pessimistic about the future of the planet.But next year could see a big shift thanks to three key summits, which could help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, protect biodiversity and look after the oce ...
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#1236092020-01-07
China unveils logo for UN meeting on biodiversity
In the shape of a water droplet or a seed, the logo is inspired by the art of Chinese paper-cuttings and seals, and consists of elements with distinctive Chinese characteristics. Against the background of the oracle bone inscriptions, the "water droplet" contains a giant panda, a girl in an ethn ...
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#1237912020-01-17
China's good surface water quality rose 3.9 percentage points in 2019
The proportion of good quality surface water in China reached 74.9 percent at the end of 2019, up 3.9 percentage points compared to a year earlier, China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment said on Friday.
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#1241632020-02-13
China takes centre stage in global biodiversity push
The world’s species and natural ecosystems are in crisis. When nearly 200 countries gather in ten days’ time to thrash out a major plan to stem the precipitous decline, China is expected to take a prominent role. The high-stakes negotiations will set the stage for a major biodiversity summit in ...
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#1243182020-02-24
Explainer: COP15, the biggest biodiversity conference in a decade
Biodiversity encompasses the full variety of life – all genes, species and ecosystems – and it is in danger, which means we are too. As this article explains, a major conference in China this year could have a big impact on our collective fate by helping to end biodiversity loss.
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#1247042020-03-16
Coronavirus hits a critical year for nature and the climate
New global agreements on biodiversity, oceans and COP26 climate talks could be derailed by Covid-19
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#1248682020-03-25
Learning from China to protect nature
In October this year, governments from around the world are due to adopt a new global agreement to stop the loss of nature on land and in the ocean, at the most important biodiversity conference in a decade – COP15. The 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biologica ...
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#1267522021-01-29
Nation looks for balanced targets at COP 15 conference
China is looking forward to seeing ambitious but balanced conservation targets that fully consider developing countries' capabilities at this year's United Nations biodiversity conference, a senior Ministry of Ecology and Environment official said.
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#1277382021-03-19
UN’s Kunming biodiversity summit delayed a second time
A key United Nations summit to negotiate an accord for nature similar to the Paris climate agreement has been postponed for a second time, it has been announced.
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#1277892021-03-23
COP-26, a golden opportunity for the UK in Africa
London is yet to unveil a clear strategy ahead of the UK-Africa Investment Summit scheduled for November in Glasgow, even though the new environmental technology sector is one of the main assets of British companies, particularly in Africa.
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#1277902021-03-23
A successful Cop26 is essential for Britain and the world. Here's how it can happen
In November Boris Johnson will host the most important global meeting ever to take place on UK soil. The outcomes of this UN summit on climate change, known as Cop26, will help shape the fates of billions of people for decades to come. For the UK it is also the first big stress-test of its new r ...
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#1278252021-03-29
The Three Major Cop Climate Conventions You Didn’t Know Were Taking Place In 2021
Most people are aware that this year’s UN Climate Change Conference, COP26, is being held in November in the city of Glasgow, after it was postponed in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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#1280012021-04-12
Boris Johnson told to get grip of UK climate strategy before Cop26
Boris Johnson must urgently take control of the UK’s presidency of vital UN climate talks, amid a shower of green policy setbacks and growing concern over the lack of a coherent all-government climate strategy, senior international figures have said.
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#1281732021-04-22
Remarks by Ambassador Zhang Jun at the High Level Event: Raising Ambition for Nature
Protecting nature concerns the future of mankind. Building a beautiful home is a dream shared by all people. The COVID-19 pandemic tells us that man and nature are in one community. It is imperative that the international community uphold multilateralism, strengthen solidarity and cooperation, a ...
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#1281772021-04-22
Interview: China's ecological stewardship key to restoring planetary health -- UN environment official
The ambitious initiatives China has rolled out to promote the congruity between economic growth and the environment will boost efforts to restore the planet's health amid human and climate induced threats, a senior UN Environment Program (UNEP) official told Xinhua during an interview on the eve ...
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#1283342021-04-28
China unveils website for UN summit COP 15
China on Thursday officially launched a website for a key United Nations summit on biodiversity conservation, commonly known as COP 15, it will host in October.
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#1289442021-05-31
Relocating Climate-Stricken Species Is a Very Tricky Business
Conservationists, ecologist Mark Schwartz wrote nearly three decades ago, faced a looming conundrum: Many species would likely be unable to keep up with the projected pace of climate change and could face extinction as a result.
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#1293832021-06-16
What is the COP15 biodiversity summit, and why is it so important?
The U.N.'s approaching COP26 climate talks have been in the limelight, but COP15 - the biodiversity conference planned for China in October - will be equally critical. Here's why