Advertisement
COP15: China applauds global progress on biodiversity framework in lead-up to Montreal meeting
- Framework is intended to set new goals to conserve biodiversity and reverse nature loss by 2030, and live in harmony with nature by 2050
- Member states remain divided on issues and more communication and effort are needed on objectives, Chinese environment official says
Reading Time:2 minutes
Why you can trust SCMP
0
China says countries have reached a basic consensus on biodiversity protection for a global conference to be held in Canada in December.
After four rounds of negotiation, there was positive progress on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, Zhou Guomei, head of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment’s international department, said on Monday.
The framework will be adopted by the 196 parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) when they meet in Montreal where the secretariat is based, on December 7-19.
02:40
China pledges US$232m to world biodiversity conservation at COP15 conference in Kunming
China pledges US$232m to world biodiversity conservation at COP15 conference in Kunming
The meeting will be the second phase of the UN Biodiversity Conference known as COP15. The first phase of the conference was hosted by China, president of COP15, in the southwestern city of Kunming last year.
The framework is intended to set new goals to conserve biodiversity and reverse nature loss by 2030, and to live in harmony with nature by 2050.
“The structure of the framework and core expressions have basically taken shape,” Zhou said.
She added that CBD member states had exchanged views on challenging issues, providing a good basis for arriving at a deal in Montreal that could be accepted by all parties.
Several targets were raised in the draft of the framework, such as conserving at least 30 per cent of the planet’s land and sea areas by 2030 and cutting the introduction of invasive foreign species by at least half by 2030.
Advertisement