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As the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) is being held in Kunming from October 11 to 15, the National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) of China, Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, Arab States Broadcasting Union, African Union ...
Beijing on Tuesday unveiled an array of measures to continue the country's endeavor to build a beautiful China as the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) is held in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province.
Beijing on Tuesday unveiled an array of measures to continue the country's endeavor to build a beautiful China as the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) is held in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province.
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 ...
China is accelerating the establishment of a system of protected areas that will eventually encompass all the areas of greatest importance to China’s natural ecosystem.
China is accelerating the establishment of a system of protected areas that will eventually encompass all the areas of greatest importance to China's natural ecosystem.
Greater support was urged for developing nations on biodiversity conservation on the opening day of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, or COP 15, in Kunming, Yunnan province, on Monday.
Governments from over 100 countries have pledged to boost the protection of natural habitats in their territories and work toward signing an “ambitious and transformative” global deal next year to halt the ecological crisis driving the potential extinction of many plant and animal species.
The United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in the Chinese city of Kunming has adopted a pledge to reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 and agree a framework to protect threatened habitats.
The United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in the Chinese city of Kunming has adopted a pledge to reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 and agree a framework to protect threatened habitats.
At this defining moment in human history, will the world’s representatives make the right choices? Whether they do or not, there are things that the rest of us must do to live with climate change. Pat Ganase comments.
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.
A declaration on joint efforts and momentum to halt and reverse the loss of biodiversity was passed on Wednesday in Kunming, Southwest China's Yunnan Province, at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15).
The first part of the COP15 UN Biodiversity Conference concluded in southwest China's Kunming on Friday. During the five-day meeting held both online and in person, the global community gathered to review a "post-2020 global biodiversity framework" and agreed on a new set of goals over the next ...
China's first 3D-printed dinosaur skeleton is on display at the ongoing COP15 held in Kunming, Southwest China's Yunnan Province to showcase China's biodiversity conservation practice and achievement.
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.
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.
After being postponed twice due to the coronavirus outbreak, with a 17-month delay, the first round of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) finally took place this week in Kunming, the capital city of Yunnan Province, considered the ...
The second phase of the United Nations' negotiations over the world's new biodiversity conservation goals through 2030, known as COP 15, has been relocated from the Chinese city of Kunming to Montreal, Canada according to the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. The meeting is scheduled for Dec ...
The 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Kunming, China, was "very successful and met all the expectations," said a CBD executive official.
The United Nations (UN) biodiversity conference that kicks off in the Chinese city of Kunming on Monday will create “right political setting” for drawing a blueprint for global biodiversity conservation in the future, a leading expert on environmental policies has said.
The best-known COP is the one on climate. The climate conference takes place every year in different countries. The COP in France in 2015 gave birth to the Paris Agreement on climate change.
Octobre 2021, la Chine accueille et préside le quinzième sommet mondial de la COP pour la biodiversité. Moins connue que la COP pour le climat, cette convention ne doit pas être marginalisée ; elle est dans l’opinion de nombreux « défenseurs de l’environnement » cruciale. Pourtant, en raison de ...
During global biodiversity talks at COP15 in Kunming, China, on Monday, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced a new international fund to support biodiversity protection in developing countries, and stronger protections within China’s national park system, which provides habitat for 30 percent ...
China will donate 1.5 billion yuan (US$232.5 million) to set up a new fund to help developing countries conserve biodiversity, President Xi Jinping has pledged at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15).
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.
At virtual kick-off of COP15, tepid pledges don’t match urgent need for global action on nature protection. At the much-anticipated virtual opening of the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Chinese President Xi, heads of state and minister ...
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.
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
A key forum of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-15) on ecological civilization in southwest China's Kunming city opened on Thursday, with participants also joining online from across the globe. They stressed the role of ecological c ...
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 ...
Over the past few days, the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) has been underway in Yunnan province. This area is well-known as a treasure trove of biodiversity in southwest China. Just a few months ago, a herd of wandering Asian el ...
The Deputy Head of Mission of Poland's Embassy in Beijing, Radoslaw Flisiuk, is a participant at the COP15. He told CGTN his thoughts of the commitments China made at the conference. Noting that China's role is very important, Flisiuk said it is commendable for China to have taken the challenge ...
A key UN summit tasked with protecting biodiversity officially opened in China on Monday, as countries meet to tackle pollution and prevent mass extinction weeks before the COP26 climate conference.
Major UN talks aimed at striking a deal on safeguarding nature have been moved from China to Canada. The COP15 UN Biodiversity Conference began as virtual, online talks in October last year.
The United Nations Biodiversity Conference in the Chinese city of Kunming closed on an upbeat note on Friday after a week that brought a joint commitment and pledges of funding to help countries put words into action.
As a the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is taking place in Abidjan, many reports from the international organization are pointing out the devastating impacts of drought on the African population. A critic weather conditio ...
Today, we are seeing a very significant erosion of biological diversity. Some of these manifestations are highly visible, such as the virtual disappearance of insects on car windscreens, the increasing scarcity of birds in the European countryside, the death of corals or the drastic reduction in ...
Han Zheng declares in conference opening ceremony China will ‘make the protection of biodiversity an important task’. COP15’s aim for specific biodiversity targets helps quantify results and maintain accountability, says director of China’s Institute of Science and Development
After two days of speeches and announcements from world leaders, the focus today at the UN climate summit COP26 intensified on raising the funding needed to accomplish the goals of the Paris Agreement. But as the day unfolded, protests disrupted finance sessions, frustrated attendees waited in l ...
World leaders have begun arriving at a United Nations conference critical to averting the most disastrous effects of the climate crisis, their challenge made even more daunting by the failure of major industrial nations to agree to ambitious new commitments.
International lawmakers, business leaders and activists are convening in Glasgow, U.K. on Tuesday in the final week of the COP26 climate summit.
International lawmakers, business leaders and activists were convening in Glasgow, U.K. on Monday for the second week of the COP26 climate summit. Delegates were asked to accelerate action on climate change and commit to more ambitious cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, all in an effort to limit ...
The clock is ticking at the UN climate summit, with only a few days left to strike a deal that will help limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. “We still have a mountain to climb,” said COP26 chairman Alok Sharma, while acknowledging "progress" in the negotiations.
COP26 entered a new phase of negotiations on Wednesday after a first draft of the summit's final decision was circulated early this morning.
As COP26 draws to a close, the announcement of a bilateral deal by the US and China to redouble climate efforts has brought cautious optimism to exhausted negotiators.
On the fourth day of COP26, more than 40 countries have made a major commitment to end coal use. Several major coal-using nations have pledged for the first time to phase out their use of the heavily-polluting fossil fuel or to speed up existing plans to do so, while others announced commitments ...
The COP26 climate summit is under way in Glasgow - one of the biggest ever world meetings on how to tackle global warming. BBC News Reality Check correspondent Chris Morris and environment correspondent Matt McGrath answer some of your questions.
A "first of its kind" alliance of governments has committed to phasing out the production of oil and gas. Led by Costa Rica and Denmark, the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA) saw six full members, France, Greenland, Ireland, Quebec, Sweden and Wales, announced at COP26 today.
Countries are being urged to strengthen their carbon-cutting targets by the end of 2022 in a draft agreement published at the COP26 Glasgow climate summit.