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#1316162021-11-11
Cop26: delegates negotiate over draft text to limit global heating – day 11 live
On Kenmure Street, activists from some of Glasgow’s grassroots migrant support groups have assembled to march on the nearby Home Office, with the message “climate justice equals migrant justice”.
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#1313752021-11-01
Cop26: polling data is overwhelming – people want leaders to act
The world’s nations meeting at the Cop26 summit in Glasgow are tasked with dramatically ramping up action to tackle the climate emergency. But do their citizens back them? And does the UK, as host, have a strong public mandate to act? The evidence from dozens of recent opinion polls is overwhelm ...
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#1315322021-11-08
Cop26: what’s still to be resolved in the week ahead
Countries that have failed to come up with national plans on cutting greenhouse gas emissions in line with limiting temperature rises to 1.5C must be forced back to the negotiating table every year from now on, poor countries have said ahead of crunch talks at the Cop26 climate summit.
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#1316732021-11-15
Cop26: where does the world go from here?
After two gruelling weeks of negotiations in Glasgow, the Cop26 climate summit was brought to a close on Saturday night with an agreement. In it, countries pledged new reductions in carbon emissions, although nowhere near enough to keep warming to within the goal of 1.5C higher than post-industr ...
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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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#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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#1306862021-10-12
Costa Rican president says biodiversity conservation promotes economy
Preserving biodiversity will not only ease climate crisis but become "a win for people and our economies," President of Costa Rica Carlos Alvarado Quesada said Tuesday.
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#1307292021-10-13
Countries Call for Urgent Action on Biodiversity With 'Kunming Declaration'
More than 100 countries pledged on Wednesday to put the protection of habitats at the heart of their government decision-making but they stopped short of committing to specific targets to curb mass extinctions.
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#1307272021-10-13
Countries adopt 'Kunming Declaration' to protect biodiversity
More than 100 countries pledged on Wednesday to put the protection of habitats at the heart of their government decision-making but they stopped short of committing to specific targets to curb mass extinctions.
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#1307182021-10-13
Countries adopt ‘Kunming Declaration’ to tackle biodiversity loss
Some 195 countries have pledged to come up with an “ambitious and transformative” plan to reverse biodiversity loss, saying “strong political momentum” was needed to meet the “defining challenge of this decade”.
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#1307652021-10-13
Countries call for urgent action on biodiversity with 'Kunming
More than 100 countries pledged on Wednesday to put the protection of habitats at the heart of their government decision-making but they stopped short of committing to specific targets to curb mass extinctions. Chinese Environment Minister Huang Runqiu told delegates to a U.N. Biodiversity Conf ...
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#1307592021-10-13
Countries call for urgent action on biodiversity with 'Kunming Declaration'
More than 100 countries pledged on Wednesday to put the protection of habitats at the heart of their government decision-making but they stopped short of committing to specific targets to curb mass extinctions.
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#1307772021-10-13
Countries pledge to use policies to protect habitats
More than 100 countries pledged on Wednesday to put the protection of habitats at the heart of their government decision-making, as the Kunming Declaration was adopted at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15).
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#1307752021-10-13
Cropped, 13 October 2021: Biodiversity COP; Palm oil investigation; Food shortages
The first part of the UN Biodiversity Summit, COP15, began on Monday. The two-part conference aims to deliver a crucial global biodiversity framework for this decade. Hosts China pledged $233m towards a biodiversity fund for developing countries and invited other countries to contribute. Over 10 ...
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#1307812021-10-13
Cuba asks at COP-15 to halt environmental destruction
Cuba urged on Wednesday at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP-15) to stop the destruction of the environment caused by irrational patterns of production and consumption, after warning about the threats to the planet and human life.
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#1308822021-10-15
Danish envoy hails China’s handling of wandering elephants
The political leadership of China, the presidency of the COP15, takes the biodiversity issue seriously so that it's important for the rest of the world to follow suit amid insufficient efforts to achieve the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, set up 10 years ago, the Ambassador of Denmark to China said ...
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#1308022021-10-14
Declaration to advance ecological commitments
Participants at the United Nations Biological Diversity Convention have adopted the Kunming Declaration, as a two-day high-level segment of the 15th meeting of the conference of the parties to the convention, or COP 15, concluded on Wednesday.
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#1308102021-10-14
Developed countries need to increase biodiversity conservation commitment- Takiyuddin
Developed countries need to increase their commitment in the conservation of biodiversity, especially to developing countries, including in the aspect of capacity building, said Energy and Natural Resources Minister Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan (pix).
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#1343242022-05-10
Draft report on Desertification and drought to be discussed at COP15
A draft report about effective policy and implementation measures for addressing drought will be discussed during the ongoing session of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) COP15 on Tuesday.
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#1307852021-10-13
EU Council Presidency welcomes Kunming Declaration on biodiversity conservation
Slovenia, current holder of the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU), on Wednesday welcomed the "Kunming Declaration," which was adopted earlier in the day by government ministers meeting for the United Nations (UN) Biodiversity Conference in the southwestern Chinese cit ...
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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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#1308472021-10-15
Eco-civilization illuminates path to sustainable future
At a time when the world is struggling to find ways to reverse the trend of biodiversity loss, China has provided a sound solution: the harmonious co-existence between mankind and nature. "All beings flourish when they live in harmony and receive nourishment from nature," said Chinese President ...
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#1308672021-10-15
Eco-civilization illuminates path to sustainable future
At a time when the world is struggling to find ways to reverse the trend of biodiversity loss, China has provided a sound solution: the harmonious co-existence between mankind and nature.
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#1307792021-10-13
Ecological civilization – there is no other way
At the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Chinese President Xi Jinping gave a keynote speech that once again surpassed the outdated clash of civilizations narrative. I ...
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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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#1317022021-11-15
Egypt to host next climate summit, putting a spotlight on resilience
Egypt has said it will put a focus on resilience to climate impacts when it hosts the annual UN climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh next year.
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#1315792021-11-09
Egypt's Environment minister holds talks on sidelines of COP26
Egyptian Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad held talks with representatives of children and youth to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on the sidelines of her participation in COP26 conference.
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#1352222022-07-05
Egypt’s COP27 vision: mitigation, adaption, and finance
Hosting the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Egypt prepares for COP27. Here’s the breakdown:
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#1308772021-10-15
Euronews debates how Europe and China should preserve biodiversity
The UN biodiversity summit in Kunming, China is underway in a context of extreme pressure on ecosystems across our planet. According to a WWF International report in 2018, there has been a 60% decline in global populations of mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, and amphibians since 1970. Today one m ...
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#1309022021-10-16
Exclusive: UK and China must continue to stand together to help world meet climate commitments, says UK envoy
At the COP15 in Kunming, Southwest China' Yunnan Province, China demonstrated a strong determination to work with other countries in protecting biodiversity, which is considered a new chapter in biodiversity conservation. The country's efforts of implementing a number of measures to protect and ...
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#1308562021-10-15
Expert hails president Xi's speech on biodiversity protections
Chinese President Xi Jinping has delivered a speech at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity from Beijing, showing the host country's manner and responsibility to the international community and paving the path for future global biodi ...
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#1309212021-10-18
Explained: What Is Kunming Declaration On Biodiversity, Pledged By More Than 100 Countries?
More than 100 countries on the 13th of October 2021 pledged to make the protection of habitats an integral part of their respective government’s policies. The delegations from these countries were attending the United Nations Biodiversity Conference in the Chinese city of Kunming.
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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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#1313222021-10-29
Exploring the rise of emissions in the shadow of global climate negotiations
This November, world leaders will meet once again to negotiate and discuss measures to address the global climate crisis. The question is, will COP26 in Glasgow make any difference? A recently published research article identifies key reasons behind the world's 30-year record of failure to bring ...
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#1314102021-11-02
Fact Sheet: COP26 - Children and climate change
UNICEF will be at COP26 to ensure that the climate crisis is recognized as a crisis for children and their rights, to promote approaches to decrease climate risk for those who are most vulnerable, and to support children and young people’s participation in COP26 as part of efforts to support chi ...
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#1312872021-10-29
Fast facts about international views of climate change as Biden attends UN COP26 conference
President Joe Biden is in Europe this weekend to attend COP26, a United Nations conference on climate change. The summit comes after a UN panel reported in August that urgent measures are needed to avoid catastrophic effects from climate change.
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#1350062022-06-21
Final part of UN’s summit to create international biodiversity goals moved to Canada, in bid to end delays
The summit was originally planned for Kunming, China, in 2020. It was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequently split into two parts, with the first part successfully completed in Kunming in October 2021 and the second meeting in Kunming taking place this spring.
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#1308132021-10-14
Finland participates virtually and onsite at COP15 in Kunming China
A large Finnish delegation led by Minister of Environment and Climate Krista Mikkonen will participate virtually in the UN Biodiversity Conference COP15 in Kunming China, the Embassy of Finland in Beijing reports.
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#1308952021-10-16
First part of COP15 closes with ‘broad consensus’ on post-2020 biodiversity framework
After the adjournment of the week-long COP15 meeting on Friday afternoon, representatives and scholars attending the meeting said they expected the second part of the meeting next year to deliver a feasible global post-2020 biodiversity framework built on the political commitment and momentum fo ...
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#1308762021-10-15
First part of COP15 exceeds anticipations; post-2020 framework will be better implemented: CBD executive secretary
The first part of the COP15 meeting in Kunming has met and exceeded expectations and is expected to provide a roadmap for the effective further negotiations of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, executive secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) ...
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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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#1308522021-10-15
France's Axa to invest 1.5 bln euros to fight deforestation
French insurer Axa said on Thursday it will invest 1.5 billion euros ($1.74 billion) to support sustainable forest management as part of new commitments to fight deforestation and preserve biodiversity. The announcement comes a day after more than 100 countries called for urgent action on biodiv ...
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#1314202021-11-02
From Cop26 to GHGs: A guide to climate change terminology
World leaders meeting in Glasgow for the UN Cop26 summit are under pressure to agree a plan of action that will limit the impact of climate change and attempt to keep global heating this century to 1.5 degrees or less.
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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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#1315652021-11-09
Frustrations over voices unrepresented in formal COP26 talks
Being on the ground in Glasgow, Scotland, for COP26 is a strange and humbling experience. A quick search for news coverage on COP26 online brings up headlines that feature what Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is saying about the conference.
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#1314812021-11-04
Funding Deal Gets Late Entry; IEA Sees 1.8 Degrees: COP Update
About 20 nations have signed on to a deal to stop funding foreign fossil fuel projects -- with a last-minute entry by Italy. But the impact of the accord is undermined by the absence of key countries like China.
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#1308662021-10-15
Funding, indigenous people key to success
This week's online summit Part One sets the stage for a decisive face-to-face meeting in April. Among the new targets is one advanced by the Campaign for Nature (CFN): protect 30 per cent of the world's land and marine areas by 2030. These should consist of protected areas and "other effective a ...
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#1306912021-10-12
Future city forms centrepiece of UN biodiversity conference
A thought-provoking depiction of biodiversity through architectural and landscape design forms the centrepiece of the Fifteenth United Nations Biological Diversity convention (Cop15), which runs 11-15 October online and the second part as a face-to-face event between 25 April and 8 May 2022.
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#1308632021-10-15
GLOBALink | How national parks around the world protect biodiversity?
How national parks around the world protect biodiversity? What actions they are taking to restore the environment? Check the video and find out. #COP15
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#1308492021-10-15
GLOBALink | Vlog: Plateau lake in Kunming, China regains luster as ecology prioritized
Dianchi Lake in Kunming used to be one of the most polluted lakes in China. After years of preservation, the largest freshwater lake on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau is regaining its lost luster.