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#1294572021-07-07
Cop26: young people to interview ministers on stage, government says
Young people will interview government ministers on stage as part of plans to make this autumn’s climate change summit the “most inclusive ever”, the government has announced.
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#1297412021-07-28
Climate change: Will extreme weather events galvanise Cop26 summit action? Don't count on it –
For anyone still labouring under the misapprehension that the ruinous legacy of human-driven climate change is something we will bequeath to future generations, this month offered no shortage of startling reminders that the problem is immeasurably more urgent.
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#1300152021-08-18
Major UN biodiversity summit delayed for third time due to pandemic
A key United Nations biodiversity summit has been delayed for a third time due to the pandemic, the Chinese environment ministry has announced, as environmentalists pledged the delay would “not mean taking our foot off the pedal”.
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#1300172021-08-18
China's Kunming City to host first session of COP15 from Oct. 11 to 15
The United Nations (UN) biodiversity conference has been divided into two sessions, with the first being held between October 11 to 15 in China's Kunming City, an official from China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) said on Wednesday.
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#1300182021-08-18
UN biodiversity summit postponed to April 2022
The face-to-face portion of a critical UN biodiversity summit originally slated for last year will be delayed until April 2022, UN officials said Wednesday, citing the Covid pandemic.
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#1300312021-08-18
UN Announces Delay of Biodiversity Summit—But World Must Step Up Momentum on Protecting Nature
Following the first draft of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), officials announced today new dates for the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15).
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#1300532021-08-19
After delays, U.N. biodiversity agreement expected next year
A United Nations biodiversity summit will be held in two parts, officials said late on Wednesday, confirming another delay to a much-needed global agreement to protect the planet’s nature.
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#1300542021-08-19
ANALYSIS - Pandemic delay to UN nature summit spurs calls for stronger global deal
Governments should take advantage of the third postponement of a United Nations biodiversity summit tasked with striking a global deal to protect nature by boosting ambition and finance for conservation and restoration, environmentalists said Thursday.
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#1300552021-08-19
COP15: In-person negotiations on global biodiversity treaty pushed back to 2022
World leaders were set to meet in person in Kunming, China for the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP15). The discussions were set to take place in order to ratify a “Paris-style” agreement to Earth's sixth mass extinction by improving bio ...
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#1300562021-08-19
COP15: Crucial UN biodiversity talks pushed into 2022 amid Covid-19 concerns
China and UN confirm plans to split key negotiations for potential global treaty for biodiversity into two parts, with virtual talks set for October followed by in-person meeting next year
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#1300732021-08-19
UN biodiversity summit postponed to April 2022
The face-to-face portion of a critical UN biodiversity summit originally slated for last year will be delayed until April 2022, UN officials said Wednesday, citing the covid pandemic.
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#1301772021-09-01
What Is the COP15 Biodiversity Summit — And Why Is It So Important?
By now you've probably heard of COP26 — the shorthand name for the next major UN climate summit, rescheduled for November in Glasgow after being delayed a year by the coronavirus pandemic.
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#1302892021-09-03
L’urgence locale et mondiale en matière de biodiversité
À l’heure des défis environnementaux planétaires, tout le monde a les yeux rivés sur la COP26 sur le climat, qui se déroulera à Glasgow en novembre prochain.
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#1302902021-09-03
China, Britain agree to strengthen cooperation on biodiversity
China and Britain have agreed to strengthen cooperation on biodiversity and work with all parties to achieve positive outcomes at global biodiversity conferences, according to a statement published Thursday by the Chinese Embassy in Britain.
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#1303552021-09-13
Climate, biodiversity and the ‘other COP’
In the coming weeks, the world’s nations will converge under the auspices of the United Nations to address one of the most critical issues of our time — one that has existential implications for every living thing. The decisions made at that summit, and whose views dominate, could be momentous, ...
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#1303572021-09-13
Preparations for COP15 in full swing in China's Kunming
Preparations are in full swing in the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming one month ahead of a high-profile global meeting on biodiversity. The 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) is set to kick off in Kunming on Oct. 11.
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#1305582021-09-23
1972: The start of China’s environmental journey
Next month, China is set to host a major UN environmental conference, after a delay of more than a year due to Covid-19. The 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15), to be held in Kunming from Oct 11-15, will not be the first UN environmental talks ...
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#1305662021-09-23
What is COP26? How the pivotal UN conference could avert global climate 'catastrophe'
The COP26 international climate talks in Glasgow this November couldn't come at a more crucial time. A state-of-the-science report published by the UN in August showed that the world is warming faster than scientists previously thought, and that slashing greenhouse gas emissions by at least half ...
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#1305742021-09-29
Kunming welcomes the world's most important biodiversity conference (COP15)
Between the 11th and the 15th of October, Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, will host the Conference of the Parties of the United Nation Convention on Biological Diversity.
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#1305772021-09-30
Hundreds of mosaicultures to greet UN biodiversity meeting placed in China's Kunming(1/7)
Hundreds of mosaicultures set to greet the upcoming 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) appeal to tourists in Kunming, capital city of southwest China's Yunnan Province. (China News Service/Liu Ranyang)
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#1306182021-10-06
Global vaccine rollout vital to securing deal for nature, warns UN biodiversity chief
Governments hoping for a global agreement to halt biodiversity loss must put more effort into access to Covid-19 vaccines for developing countries, the UN’s biodiversity chief has warned.
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#1306222021-10-06
COP15 kicks off in China's Kunming with ecological civilization in spotlight
The 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity officially kicked off in Kunming City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, on Monday.
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#1306242021-10-11
Cop26 must not overshadow Kunming: we need joint climate and biodiversity goals
All eyes are on Cop26 in Glasgow since the climate crisis aroused worldwide attention and compelled more than 120 countries to join the unprecedented global Race to Zero carbon-emissions campaign. But the UN biodiversity conference in Kunming, or Cop15, should not be overshadowed, as biodiversit ...
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#1306252021-10-11
COP15: China’s biodiversity goals in focus as Xi Jinping plans summit speech
Chinese President Xi Jinping will speak on Tuesday via video link at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) summit, according to China’s foreign ministry.
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#1306262021-10-11
Greenhouses in Kunming preserve 2,500 rare plants
More than 2,500 rare plants are on display at greenhouses in southwest China's city of Kunming, Yunnan Province. Known as "Kingdom of Plants," the greenhouses are a vivid showcase of how biodiversity has developed in China.
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#1306272021-10-11
Interview: China expected to lead in global biodiversity policy-making -- environmental official
China is expected to lead the world in biodiversity policy-making with its hosting of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15), said Moustafa Fouda, biodiversity advisor to the Egyptian environment minister, in a recent in ...
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#1306282021-10-11
COP15: Countries debate new biodiversity plan
The world has not yet been able to safeguard ecosystems that are key to human wellbeing, the UN's biodiversity chief has said.The world has reached "a moment of truth" when it comes to protecting its vital ecosystems, United Nations biodiversity chief Elizabeth Maruma Mrema said on Monday.
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#1306292021-10-11
UN biodiversity chief says world has reached ‘moment of truth’ on conservation
The world has now reached “a moment of truth” when it comes to protecting its vital ecosystems, U.N. biodiversity chief Elizabeth Maruma Mrema said on Monday as talks on a new global conservation treaty got underway in Kunming, China.
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#1306302021-10-11
COP 15 and the climate-biodiversity link
While climate summits attract political, public, and media attention (rightly so), biodiversity summits have failed to garner the attention they deserve. This is unfortunate because both issues are inter-connected: Healthy ecosystems make better carbon sinks to absorb CO2 pollution, and these, i ...
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#1306312021-10-11
Yunnan ideal to host UN biodiversity meeting
Kunming is ready to host the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, which will review the "post-2020 global biodiversity framework" to draw a blueprint for biodiversity conservation in the future.
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#1306322021-10-11
Halt destruction of nature or risk ‘dead planet’, leading businesses warn
World leaders must do more to prevent the destruction of nature, business leaders have warned before a summit in China that aims to draw up a draft UN agreement for biodiversity.
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#1306332021-10-11
China eyes biodiversity framework
With most of the world's biodiversity targets for the past decade unfulfilled, the world's eyes are on China for an ambitious and achievable post-2020 global framework as it hosts a key United Nations biodiversity summit.
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#1306352021-10-11
Play and protect: CGTN invites you to join our petition for biodiversity protection
The 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) is set to begin on Monday in Kunming, the capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province.
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#1306362021-10-11
What to expect from the UN Conference on Biodiversity in China?
Global leaders gather virtually this week to discuss protecting nature across the planet and experts say there is no time to lose. Animal and plant species are going extinct at a rate not seen in millions of years.
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#1306372021-10-11
(COP15) Explainer: What to expect from first UN global conference on ecological civilization
The 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, known as COP15, kicked off on Monday in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province.
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#1306382021-10-11
Xi Focus-Closeup: A president's passion for wildlife, biodiversity
The runaway success story of the summer was the more than 110-day adventure of a herd of 14 wandering wild Asian elephants across Yunnan Province, southwest China. The herd's sojourn gripped the nation and beyond, making the elephants social media superstars. Beyond the headlines, however, this ...
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#1306392021-10-11
Brazil’s indigenous leaders call for stronger rights as UN nature summit begins
“People who exploit and take out resources don’t live (in the Amazon) – but we do. The forest is our home,” said Nemonte Nenquimo, a native leader of Ecuador’s Waorani people.
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#1306402021-10-11
UN Biodiversity Conference: Conservation icon Jane Goodall on her hopes for Earth
International efforts to turn around man's destruction of the environment are due in part to conservationists – among them, the world's leading primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall.
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#1306412021-10-11
Protecting Biodiversity: China's wandering elephants return to natural habitat safely
This UN conference is being held not far from where a herd of wandering elephants captured global attention earlier this year. Their journey highlighted the importance of protecting nature. Our reporter Yang Jinghao looks back at their adventure and talks to experts on how to protect the species.
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#1306422021-10-11
UN Warns of Irreversible Destruction of Nature
Business executives have cautioned that world governments must do more to avoid environmental degradation ahead of a conference in China aimed at drafting a draft UN biodiversity accord.
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#1306432021-10-11
COP15 opportunity to encourage nature-positive economic models: UN official
All countries should develop nature-positive economic models to boost climate resilience and protect ecosystems that underpin livelihoods, a senior official of the United Nations has said.
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#1306442021-10-11
In harmony we grow
China has over-fulfilled three of the 2020 global biodiversity targets (the Aichi targets) and made progress on 13 targets, none of which have been fully met globally. Our solutions are in nature.
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#1306452021-10-11
Interview: Danish minister calls for ambition, global cooperation to fight decline in biodiversity
There is urgent need to tackle the challenges of biodiversity conservation, Danish environment minister has said, expecting cooperation with all UN nations, including China, to "halt the decline in biodiversity and make sure we hand over a richer nature to our children."
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#1306462021-10-11
Xi’s Thought on Ecological Civilization inspires world to build harmony among all beings
Representatives from governments, enterprises and non-governmental organizations around the world are gathering for a landmark event hosted by China to negotiate a once-in-a-decade consensus on protecting global biodiversity.
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#1306472021-10-11
In pics: Kunming ready to welcome guests for biodiversity conservation meeting
The COP 15 meeting, which is scheduled to run between Oct. 11 and 15, is ready to welcome guests from home and abroad. The press center for the meeting, which opened on Oct. 9, will serve 853 journalists from 169 media outlets based in China and foreign countries, providing coverage for the even ...
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#1306482021-10-11
MIL-OSI China: COP15 to mark ‘new chapter’ in biodiversity conservation
The 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) signals the start of a new ambitious and practical post-2020 global biodiversity framework, opening a new chapter in terms of global biodiversity governance, a Chinese official said on Sunday.
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#1306492021-10-11
UN urges nations to spend more on species protection as new pact talks begin
This was said in the wake of biodiversity negotiations to reverse decades of habitat destruction caused by human encroachment and climate change
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#1306502021-10-11
China hosts UN summit seeking to curb crisis of global biodiversity
Countries throughout the world must invest much more and raise the scale and speed of its commitments to protect nature and prevent accelerating species loss, according to a leading United Nations representative on biodiversity.
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#1306512021-10-11
U.N. urges nations to spend more on species protection as new pact talks begin
The global community must invest much more and raise the scale and speed of its pledges to protect nature and prevent species loss, a senior U.N. official said on Sunday on the eve of a new round of global biodiversity talks
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#1306522021-10-11
United Nations Calls On Nations To Ramp Up Funding To Save Biodiversity
United Nations wants world to commit to protecting 30% of their land by 2030, a pledge taken by developed nations of world including the US, the official said.