By Nneka Nwogwugwu
China has spared no effort in leading and coordinating negotiations on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework or in pushing forward global biodiversity conservation, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment said on Tuesday.
Ministry spokesperson Liu Youbin told a press conference that the second phase of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) will be held in Montreal, Canada from December 7 to 19.
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China will continue to act as chair of COP15 in guiding substantive and political affairs.
The most widely expected result of the second phase is the passing of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, Liu said.
The spokesperson also pointed out that reversing the trend of biodiversity loss by 2030 and meeting the 2050 vision of living in harmony with nature are aspirations shared by all, and require the full participation of all parties.
