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#130759
2021-10-13

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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#130760
2021-10-13

China formally establishes first national parks

China officially unveiled its first batch of national parks on Tuesday at the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity.

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#130761
2021-10-13

World committed to reversing biodiversity loss by 2030: Declaration

The Kunming Declaration, the newest globally-recognized agreement on biological diversity, calls for urgent and integrated action for transformative change for nature and people in order to stop the ongoing biodiversity crisis.

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#130762
2021-10-13

Remarks by World Bank Group President David Malpass at the United Nations COP-15 Part 1 Biodiversity Conference High-Level Segment: “Aligning Finance and Building Capacity for an Ecological Civilization”

Biodiversity is a global public good. We at the World Bank Group believe it's also a key development issue. Our research estimates that Low-Income Countries could forego around 10 percent of their GDP annually by 2030 if select ecosystem services, such as those of forests, fisheries and pollinat ...

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#130763
2021-10-13

Pooling Strength to Build a Community of All Life on Earth

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech via video link at the Leaders’ Summit of the 15th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) on October 12, 2021. His call for “building a community of all life on Earth” has struck a resonati ...

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#130764
2021-10-13

COVID-19 causes people to stop, reimagine, plan for stronger, enduring future: NZ minister

COVID-19 has been destructive in so many ways, but it has also caused people to stop, reimagine and plan for a stronger, more enduring future, with nature as its foundation, New Zealand Conservation Minister Kiritapu Allan said on Wednesday.

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#130765
2021-10-13

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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#130766
2021-10-13

Prince Charles will call for countries to work together to combat climate change.

PRINCE Charles could visit China for the first time in a bid to persuade the world’s biggest polluter to help curb climate change. In a video link to the United Nations Cop15 biodiversity summit in the city of Kunming today, he will say world polluters must pay for environmental destruction and ...

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#130767
2021-10-13

We say no to the destruction of nature

Accelerated biodiversity loss is another code red crisis humanity faces today. Our planetary life-support systems are crumbling around us. Loss of nature, damaged ecosystems and polluted land and oceans are among the most devastating blows humankind has dealt Mother Nature. With more than one mi ...

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#130768
2021-10-13

UN Biodiversity Conference: Former head of Intl. Union for Conservation of Nature assesses global efforts

The International Union for Conservation of Nature is the world's largest agency for the protection of biodiversity and natural resources. Its "red list" keeps track of threatened species and their conservation status. Our reporter Zhou Jiaxin spoke with Zhang Xinsheng, who recently stepped down ...

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#130769
2021-10-13

COP 15 ideal chance to realize community of all life on Earth

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.

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#130771
2021-10-13

Putin calls for closer global cooperation on conserving biodiversity

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for closer international cooperation on preserving biodiversity and providing related support to developing countries.

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#130772
2021-10-13

WEF’s head of nature and biodiversity: we are using public funds to destroy public goods

As the United Nations Biodiversity Conference begins, Eco-Business sits down with Akanksha Khatri to talk about the importance of natural capital accounting and her dream of countries adopting a Gross Ecosystem Product (GEP).

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#130773
2021-10-13

UN Biodiversity Conference: CGTN talks with British Ambassador to China

On the sidelines of the COP15 UN Convention on Biodiversity, our reporter Meng Qingsheng sat down with Caroline Wilson, British Ambassador to China. The diplomat shared her insights on global biodiversity protection and coping with climate change.

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#130775
2021-10-13

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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#130776
2021-10-13

Biodiversity commitment builds hope for 'living in harmony with nature'

The Kunming Declaration, adopted at the end of the UN Biodiversity Conference’s latest High Level Segment, which took place in Kunming, China, calls on the States Parties to act urgently on biodiversity protection in decision-making and recognise the importance of conservation in protecting huma ...

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#130777
2021-10-13

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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#130778
2021-10-13

World awaits ambitious roadmap for stronger biodiversity protection

The 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity kicks off Monday in Kunming in southwestern China, and expectations are high for a blueprint on preserving global biodiversity in the coming years.

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#130779
2021-10-13

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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#130780
2021-10-13

CGTN: Xi Jinping unveils new measures at COP15 to strive for a beautiful China

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.

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#130781
2021-10-13

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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#130782
2021-10-13

COP15: Polish diplomat in Beijing calls China's efforts and commitments "commendable"

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 ...

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#130783
2021-10-13

Xinjiang 'princess beaver' tells eco-protection efforts of young Chinese at COP15

Before Chu Wenwen, a wildlife conservationist from China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, set out for Kunming, she had practiced her speech hundreds of times in front of a beaver nest. As the youth representative to the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Conve ...

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#130784
2021-10-13

China Touts Massive Renewable Energy Buildout, New Funding for Biodiversity

China has broken ground on a massive 100-gigawatt renewable energy project, larger than all solar and wind installations in India combined, President Xi Jinping announced Tuesday, by video link, at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Kunming, China.

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#130785
2021-10-13

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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#130786
2021-10-13

COP 15: UN biodiversity conference in China ends with ‘powerful signal of determination’ to tackle problem

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.

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#130787
2021-10-13

China’s commitment to establishing Kunming Biodiversity Fund injects confidence into global biodiversity conservation, say experts

China’s commitment to taking the lead by investing 1.5 billion yuan (about 233 million U.S. dollars) to establish a Kunming Biodiversity Fund is a critical step to continue promoting global ecological civilization, experts and media professionals have said.

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#130788
2021-10-13

Nature Defenders Warn Global Biodiversity 'Kunming Declaration' Lacks Urgency

More than 100 countries on Wednesday concluded a round of negotiations on global efforts to restore and protect the variety of life on Earth by pledging "urgent and integrated action" to achieve "transformative change, across all sectors of the economy and all parts of society."

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#130791
2021-10-13

Xi’s vision on the governance of global biodiversity

The 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15), being hosted in Kunming, the capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, from Monday, October 11, is expected to draw a blueprint for future biodiversity conservation.

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#130664
2021-10-12

China launches new biodiversity protection fund

Mr Xi was addressing virtually the COP15 global biodiversity summit in Kunming, China. "Developing countries need help and support and solidarity must be strengthened to allow developing countries to benefit in a fairer way," Xi said.

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#130665
2021-10-12

UN chief urges bold actions to end biodiversity crisis

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for global consensus on ending the biodiversity crisis that has threatened the survival of humankind.

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#130666
2021-10-12

Kyrgyz president says mountain preservation tops country's biodiversity agenda

Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Zhaparov said Tuesday that his country is keen on protecting its mountain biodiversity in the face of climate change.

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#130667
2021-10-12

China makes strides in panda protection, biodiversity conservation

China has made milestone achievements in wild giant panda protection and breeding through arduous and persistent efforts, which has thrived and prospered its population from the brink of extinction.

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#130668
2021-10-12

Protecting biodiversity requires more solidarity across countries, says IPBES official

Protecting biodiversity requires more solidarity across countries, an official of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) told Xinhua in a recent interview.

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#130669
2021-10-12

China's Xi launches $232 mln biodiversity protection fund for developing countries

Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the launch of a 1.5 billion yuan ($232.47 million) fund on Tuesday to support biodiversity protection in developing countries, as talks continue on a new post-2020 global pact to tackle species loss.

News Headlines
#130670
2021-10-12

Putin calls for closer global cooperation on conserving biodiversity

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday called for closer international cooperation on preserving biodiversity and providing related support to developing countries.

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#130671
2021-10-12

China to speed up desert wind, solar construction in northwest - Xi

China plans to speed up the construction of large-scale wind and solar power bases in its desert regions, President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday. Xi told the United Nations biodiversity forum in Kunming that construction on the first phase of the project commenced recently and would involve a tota ...

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#130672
2021-10-12

China pledges US$233 million to global biodiversity fund

China today pledged to inject US$233 million into a new fund to protect biodiversity in developing countries during a key UN conservation summit, despite disagreements among major donors on the initiative.

News Headlines
#130673
2021-10-12

PNG PM urges financial support for biodiversity conservation

Papua New Guinean (PNG) Prime Minister James Marape on Tuesday called for financial support to help the island country preserve its rainforests, or the "lungs of the world."

News Headlines
#130674
2021-10-12

Xi Jinping announces biodiversity fund to help developing nations protect nature

China will establish an international fund to support biodiversity protection in developing countries, president Xi Jinping told the opening high-level session of UN biodiversity talks on Tuesday.

News Headlines
#130675
2021-10-12

Preserving biodiversity, an urgent demanding task

The chit chat at family dinner a couple of years ago turned political when we began discussing the best alternatives for my home country's development. I argued, on a self-sufficient line, that protecting and managing our biodiversity instead of relying on fossil fuels — as we had for decades — ...

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#130676
2021-10-12

UN chief calls for bold action to end 'suicidal war with nature'

With more than a million species at risk of extinction, countries must work now to achieve a sustainable future for people and the planet, Secretary-General António Guterres told leaders attending the UN Biodiversity Conference, which opened on Monday from Kunming, China.

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#130677
2021-10-12

COP 15 places eco-civilization under spotlight

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.

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#130678
2021-10-12

All countries need to take action to protect biodiversity: Erdoğan

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan highlighted the necessity for global cooperation in the face of climate change, saying that all countries should shoulder responsibility and that Turkey will do all that is necessary to protect biodiversity.

News Headlines
#130679
2021-10-12

China white paper on biodiversity sets agenda for COP15

The emergence of "ecological civilization" as a major concept to guide humankind in its demanding environmental conservation efforts is not a new concept. Although it appears like the idea is new-fangled, it was first published in the "Scientific Communism, Moscow, Vol. 2" journal in 1984 in an ...

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#130680
2021-10-12

Climate: Northern Ireland needs £5 billion to cut carbon and improve biodiversity says report

Northern Ireland needs an extra £5 billion over the next decade to protect and restore nature, according to a new report. The work by the Green Finance Institute has identified a major investment gap between required spending and that actually committed to delivering net-zero and improving biodi ...

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#130681
2021-10-12

China pledges US$230 million for biodiversity fund at UN meet

The weeklong meeting marks the formal start of a new round of global talks on protecting the world's plants and animals from extinction. A second and final session that will try to agree on targets for the next 10 years is scheduled to be held in Kunming from April 25 to May 8 next year.

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