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#135363
2022-07-15

Elizabeth Mrema: ‘A lot still has to be done for a biodiversity agreement’

After two years of postponements and a change in format, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity’s COP15 biodiversity talks will now take place in Montreal, Canada, this December. There is still much work to do in the coming months, if countries are to secure a new global agreement on protecti ...

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#135190
2022-07-04

Put the planet before football, UN head of Cop15 nature summit tells leaders

World leaders must not let the World Cup in Qatar distract them from a simultaneous nature summit, or they face being embarrassed by the outcome, the UN’s biodiversity chief has warned.

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#135025
2022-06-22

Biodiversity framework: Ambitions running amok at negotiations ahead of CoP15

The world has to wait a little longer for the 15th Conference of Parties (CoP15) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) where a plan to protect biodiversity will be chalked out.

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#135007
2022-06-21

COP15: UN biodiversity summit moved from China to Canada

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.

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#135009
2022-06-21

UK takes lead to seek global action on nature at COP15 biodiversity conference

The UK will lead ambitious calls to protect nature at a UN meeting to agree global biodiversity targets in Nairobi this week - in line with UK’s domestic leadership through its Environment Act.

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#135010
2022-06-21

COP15 relocated after consultation

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 ...

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#135011
2022-06-21

Second part of COP15 meeting relocates to Montreal in December

The second part of the COP15 meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity will be relocated to Montreal, Canada, from December 5 to 17, China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment confirmed on Tuesday.

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#135015
2022-06-21

'We cannot afford to wait': UN confirms COP15 Biodiversity Summit to relocate to Canada

Decision to move crucial talks to Montreal later this year spark renewed hopes crucial treaty to combat nature loss can be finalised

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#135001
2022-06-14

Montreal to host delayed Cop15 summit to halt ‘alarming’ global biodiversity loss

The date for a key UN nature summit has finally been confirmed after more than two years of delays and amid fears momentum to halt biodiversity loss across the globe has been lost.

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#134808
2022-06-01

Sustainable soil movement grows at COP15 on land desertification and drought

Soil health is crucial for tackling climate change, environmental challenges, building resilience, improving food security and meeting U.N. Sustainable Development Goals on water, human and economic health, yet each year becomes further degraded.

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#134670
2022-05-24

The COP15 global biodiversity summit must deliver for wildlife and people

More than ever, in a global cost of living crisis, delivering for nature requires social and economic justice. Labour has always been clear on this principle.

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#134617
2022-05-21

IUCN statement on UNCCD COP15 and International Day for Biological Diversity

The 15th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) closes today, 20 May 2022.

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#134572
2022-05-19

Thiaw, Côte d’Ivoire to present key outcomes of COP15

Executive Secretary of the United Nations Conference to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Ibrahim Thiaw, and a high-level representative of Côte d’Ivoire, will at a conference on Friday, May 20, 2022, present the outcomes of the 15th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the UNCCD ta ...

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#134427
2022-05-13

Liberia: World Leaders Call For Robust Action To Tackle Deforestation, Land Degradation And Drought At COP15

From a drop in groundwater level, rivers silt and sediments entering into the sea, the earth exposure to the whims of the weather, from sea erosion, wildfires in California and Australia, to flooding in Asia and heat waves in Europe, disappearance of forests, world leaders at the COP 15 are call ...

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#134352
2022-05-11

A green revolution for this century: Minister Ford at COP15 on Desertification

Minister for Africa Vicky Ford visited Côte d’Ivoire to attend the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Conference of the Parties (COP) 15.

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#134353
2022-05-11

UNCCD to Chalk out Plans to Restore 1 billion Hectares of Degraded Land

The CoP15 will discuss and plan urgent actions to restore a billion hectares of degraded land between now and 2030, in addition to future-proofing land use against the effects of climate change and addressing escalating disaster risks such as droughts, sand and dust storms, and wildfires.

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#134324
2022-05-10

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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#134349
2022-05-10

Notes from the floor of UNCCD COP15

Happening now in Abidjan, the capital city of the Ivory Coast, is the 15th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).

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#133844
2022-03-30

Greenpeace: Statement on Geneva biodiversity meetings in the run up to COP15 in Kunming, China

The Geneva pre-meeting for The Convention on Biological Diversity COP15 is ending without resolving any key issues – finance, implementation or key targets, including protecting at least 30% of land and sea by 2030 (“30-by-30”), and the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities

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#133833
2022-03-29

This time it's different? Nations discuss big biodiversity ambitions

Nearly 200 nations are taking part in talks, aimed at fine-tuning a draft text to preserve biodiversity by 2050, with key 2030 milestones, set to be adopted at the United Nations COP15 conference later this year after the world missed almost all of its targets to protect fast-dwindling nature fo ...

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#133801
2022-03-14

COP15 global biodiversity negotiations: EU leading the ambition for a new deal to protect people and planet

From 14th to 29th March, the EU will participate in resumed global biodiversity meetings to advance on the development of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework – a new global accord to halt and reverse the loss of the planet's plants, animals and ecosystems.

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#133809
2022-03-14

Greenpeace calls for unity and action as delegates arrive at biodiversity meeting in Geneva

Geneva, Switzerland – Greenpeace calls for action to increase land and sea protection to at least 30% by 2030 with clear funding and implementation, and to recognise and strengthen the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities, as delegates gather at a pre-meeting for this year’s Conven ...

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#133812
2022-03-14

COP15 global biodiversity negotiations: EU leading the ambition for a new deal to protect people and planet

From 14 to 29 March, the EU will participate in resumed global biodiversity meetings to advance on the development of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework – a new global accord to halt and reverse the loss of the planet's plants, animals and ecosystems.

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#133813
2022-03-14

Environmental groups urge UN biodiversity talks to embrace ‘Nature-Positive by 2030’ goal

CEOs from 14 of the world’s largest environmental organizations are calling for a global goal to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030, and achieve full recovery by 2050. They are calling for this goal to become the overarching Mission of the new 10-year Global Biodiversity Framework which will b ...

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#131055
2021-10-21

Biodiversity loss and climate change are humanity’s biggest issues: COP15 is a critical precursor to COP26

Findings in a recent co-sponsored workshop report compiled by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) record that biodiversity loss and climate change are two of the most pressing issues ...

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#130977
2021-10-20

Mutually-beneficial science plan under BRI helps global biodiversity cause

China announced it would establish a Kunming Biodiversity Fund and take the lead by investing 1.5 billion yuan ($233 million) to support biodiversity protection in developing countries during the just concluded first part of the COP15 summit, which injected much hope and confidence into the glob ...

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#130948
2021-10-19

COP15 Update in Yunnan, China: The Population of Endangered Species, Green Peafowl, Has Shown Steady Increase

During the meeting, Yang Xiaojun, a researcher from the Bird Group of Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, introduced that, with great efforts, not only has the wild population of the endangered species, green peafowl, shown steady increase, the quality of their habitat has ...

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#130914
2021-10-18

Land of Diversity – a documentary dedicated to COP15

The power of evolution prevails even in some of the world’s toughest environments. From mammals and reptiles to flowers and leafy plants, the Himalayas have some of the world’s most diverse ecosystems, which have bred the most incredible diversity of life on the planet.

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#130915
2021-10-18

China steps up construction of photovoltaic bases after COP15

China is accelerating the construction of photovoltaic power stations in deserts to support its environmental protection goals and develop renewable energy after several major renewable energy projects were revealed at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biolog ...

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#130918
2021-10-18

Yili Group Attends COP15 Ecological Civilization Forum to Discuss Biodiversity Conservation

Yili announces latest biodiversity conservation initiatives: "Save Endangered Asian Elephants" and "Smart Grasslands" Yili attends COP15, showcasing progress of "Yili Homeland Initiative" and discussing plans on biodiversity conservation

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#130891
2021-10-16

COP15 concludes in SW China's Kunming

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 ...

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#130892
2021-10-16

WWF Director General: COP15 is an unmissable opportunity

The UN biodiversity summit in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province is "an unmissable opportunity for the world" as it set a new direction for global biodiversity conservation, Director General of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Marco Lambertini has said.

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#130893
2021-10-16

Part one of COP15 closes, setting stage for post-2020 biodiversity framework

Part one of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) closed Friday in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, setting the stage for the adoption of an effective post-2020 global biodiversity framework at the resumption of ...

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#130895
2021-10-16

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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#130896
2021-10-16

Ambassador of Denmark to China on COP15

Thomas Østrup Møller, ambassador of Denmark to China, told CGTN host Tian Wei in an exclusive interview the nature does not respect borders. So when we are exploiting nature, it comes back and it will punish us. He also hoped that we are going to take some ambitious and decisive decisions at COP ...

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#130897
2021-10-16

‘Ecological civilisation’: an empty slogan or will China act on the environment?

This week, China took charge of hosting a major UN environmental conference for the first time, at the opening of Cop15 in Kunming. The world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter and largest consumer of natural resources might seem a strange choice to host talks to stop the destruction of ecosystems ...

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#130898
2021-10-16

‘Path to recovery’: Part one of COP15 closes with hopes high for new global biodiversity accord

The first phase of the COP15 Biodiversity Summit in Kunming, China closed today (15 October) with the UN expressing confidence the week long talks had helped set the stage for the adoption of a new international treaty next year to ramp up global biodiversity protection.

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#130902
2021-10-16

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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#130830
2021-10-15

Vlog: An immersive tour of the 'kingdom of animals and plants' at COP15

Southwest China's Yunnan Province, also known as the "kingdom of animals and plants," ranks first in terms of biodiversity in China, making it the perfect choice for the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15).

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#130831
2021-10-15

Interview: Concrete actions need to be "fine-tuned" following COP15 Kunming Declaration, says expert

Government officials "now need to roll up their sleeves and agree to concrete actions" on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework for the next decade set out by the Kunming Declaration, a U.S. environmental expert has said.

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#130835
2021-10-15

COP15 exhibit shows China’s 1st 3D-printed dinosaur skeleton

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.

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#130838
2021-10-15

UN biodiversity conference held in Kunming

The United Nations (UN) meeting on biodiversity known as COP15 took place this week in the spring city of China's Kunming. It was the largest global gathering on the topic in a decade and is expected to provide a global roadmap for conserving and restoring biodiversity, and ecosystems for the ne ...

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#130840
2021-10-15

UK artist’s work in Kunming sends nature protection message at COP15

As government officials from around the world hold talks at the UN biodiversity conference COP15 in Kunming, Southwest China's Yunnan Province, a new art installation, Nature and the City, set up in the city's planning museum, is reminding the public that everyone can do their part to protect na ...

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#130841
2021-10-15

COP15 adopts Kunming Declaration, a message of unity to facilitate future negotiations on biodiversity

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).

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#130853
2021-10-15

CBD COP15 Part 1 Held Online, Kunming Declaration Adopted

Minister HAN Jeoung-ae introduced South Korea's carbon neutrality policies, including the Green New Deal during Part 1 of the 15th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) held virtually from 11 to 15 October.

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#130859
2021-10-15

The Amazon’s biodiversity: The real winning lottery ticket

When Brazil’s then president Luis da Silva announced the discovery of major oil deposits in 2008, he described it as the ‘winning lottery ticket’. As the current incumbent attends the COP15 meeting on biodiversity, the real winning ticket and the key to securing the country’s economic and enviro ...

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#130865
2021-10-15

The first part of the COP15 biodiversity ends

The first part of the COP15 biodiversity ends Friday, with the China's desired will to carry out international negotiations to better protect nature and some funding commitments. Source: https://pressfrom.info/ca/news/canada/-454907-the-first-part-of-the-cop15-biodiversity-ends.html

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#130871
2021-10-15

'Path to recovery': Part one of COP15 closes with hopes high for new global biodiversity accord

UN declares virtual talks have set the stage for the adoption of an ambitious post-2020 global biodiversity framework next year. The first phase of the COP15 Biodiversity Summit in Kunming, China closed today with the UN expressing confidence the week long talks had helped set the stage for the ...

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#130876
2021-10-15

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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#130879
2021-10-15

COP15 provides China with a chance to solidify its global leadership in promoting ecological civilization

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 ...

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#130886
2021-10-15

COP15 successful, China takes lead in biodiversity, says UN official

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.

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#130795
2021-10-14

UN biodiversity chief says China critical to setting global framework

"It will be critical to see China's leadership in galvanizing countries globally to really accept an action-oriented post-2020 global biodiversity framework," said Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, executive secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, during the COP15 meeting in Kunming, southwes ...

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#130799
2021-10-14

The five biggest threats to our natural world … and how we can stop them

The world’s wildlife populations have plummeted by more than two-thirds since 1970 – and there are no signs that this downward trend is slowing. The first phase of Cop15 talks in Kunming this week will lay the groundwork for governments to draw up a global agreement next year to halt the loss of ...

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#130808
2021-10-14

Officials, experts say Xi's speech at COP15 injects confidence into promoting development of global ecological civilization

Officials and experts worldwide have spoken highly of Chinese President Xi Jinping's speech on Tuesday at the leaders' summit of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, known as COP15, via video link in Beijing.

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#130813
2021-10-14

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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#130814
2021-10-14

Significant Achievements Made by China in Biodiversity

The population of giant pandas in the wild has grown from 1,114 to 1,864 over the past four decades, while the Asian elephant population in the wild has grown from 180 in the 1980s to about 300 at present in China, according to the latest figures released in a govermental white paper on October ...

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#130817
2021-10-14

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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#130724
2021-10-13

COP15: China Announces Steps to Help Address the Biodiversity and Climate Crises

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 ...

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#130728
2021-10-13

Kunming Declaration adopted at COP15

The Kunming Declaration was adopted Wednesday at the ongoing 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province

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#130731
2021-10-13

Xi advocates community of all life on Earth at COP15

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for efforts to build a community of all life on Earth at a key UN meeting to enhance global biodiversity protection.

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#130757
2021-10-13

Kunming Declaration announced at UN Convention on Biological Diversity – Greenpeace response

The COP15 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) kicked off this week in Kunming, China, with a week of virtual meetings among governments and organisations.

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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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#130687
2021-10-12

UNDP chief lauds China's efforts to protect biodiversity, pinning high hopes on COP15

Achim Steiner, administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has applauded China's efforts to protect biodiversity, and expressed great expectations for the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, which began on Mond ...

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#130689
2021-10-12

COP15: vice-premier vows more ambitious biodiversity plans for China

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

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#130709
2021-10-12

Preparing to save the planet: Meet the woman leading COP15

COP15, the world's largest and most important biodiversity summit, was supposed to have taken place a year ago in Kunming, China. But safety fears over the COVID-19 pandemic delayed it – first to May 2021 and then to October.

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#130643
2021-10-11

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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#130648
2021-10-11

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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#130654
2021-10-11

Biodiversity COP: 6 things you need to know

Leaders from across the world are convening this week as part of the UN COP15 biodiversity conference, which kicks off with high-level talks aimed at setting global targets to reverse biodiversity loss. Here’s what you need to know.

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#130655
2021-10-11

COP15 to create “right political setting” for biodiversity conservation blueprint: expert

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.

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#130660
2021-10-11

Traffic Urges Crucial High-level Commitments As CoP15 Begins

As participants convene at the first part of the Fifteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Kunming, China, TRAFFIC calls for high-level commitments from governments and other parties ahead of the adoption of the post-2020 Global ...

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#130622
2021-10-06

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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#130542
2021-09-23

78 financial institutions managing more than $10 trillion in assets urging governments to halt & reverse biodiversity loss.

Together with Ceres, Inc., the Public Policy Advocacy working group of the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation coordinated this statement directed to the Global Biodiversity Framework negotiating governments ahead of COP15

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#130503
2021-09-22

Investors call for stronger global biodiversity framework to be delivered at COP15

A group of investors worth more than $10.6trn in assets under management has issued a statement ahead of the Convention on Biological Diversity's COP15 next month, calling for heightened global action to end deforestation and ensure sustainable land use.

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#130357
2021-09-13

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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#130177
2021-09-01

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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#130119
2021-08-24

Delegates hash out UN biodiversity goals online

Paris: Country delegates met online on Monday to start tackling a draft agreement for the pandemic-delayed COP15 global summit on biodiversity, days after the new summit date of April 2022 was set.

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#130017
2021-08-18

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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#129516
2021-07-12

New Global Framework for Managing Nature Through 2030: 1st Detailed Draft Agreement Debuts

Still a work in progress, the Global Biodiversity Framework will ultimately advance to UN Convention on Biological Diversity’s COP15 for consideration by 196 member parties. 21 targets, 10 ‘milestones’ proposed for 2030 en route to ‘living in harmony with nature’ by 2050; Include conserving and ...

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#129383
2021-06-16

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

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#129093
2021-06-04

Two-day events of COP15 meeting on biodiversity to conclude in Kunming

A subsidiary event of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) kicked off Sunday in Kunming, the capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province. Co-hosted by the Secretariat Office of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Ministry ...

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#127407
2021-03-01

'Promises are not enough': Campaigners urge Prime Minister to enshrine 2030 nature protection goal into law

Stanley Johnson among group of high profile campaigners calling for government to set a legally-binding nature protection target ahead of pivotal COP15 UN nature talks

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#126035
2020-12-07

China ready to lead world's fight to meet biodiversity targets

China has been at the center of biodiversity talks this year. In September, President Xi Jinping announced the country would be carbon neutral by 2060 and next year the COP15 will take place in Kunming.

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#125052
2020-04-09

Les grands sommets sur l’environnement sont tous reportés

La réunion de l’UICN sur la nature prévu à Marseille cet été, les sommets COP15 sur la biodiversité et COP26 sur le changement climatique ont été ajournées.

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