The first phase of COP15 high-level meeting ended in Kunming and achieved three major results

Original title: the first phase of COP15 high-level meeting ended in Kunming, and the meeting achieved three outcomes

Press conference of COP15 phase I high level meeting.
Red net time, October 14 (reporter Chen Zonghao) the first phase of the high-level meeting of the fifteenth conference of the parties to the Convention on biological diversity (COP15) ended in Kunming, Yunnan on the afternoon of October 13. The conference achieved three outcomes, including providing high-level political impetus for global biodiversity governance, issuing the "Kunming declaration" and announcing new measures for China's biodiversity conservation.
At the press conference of the high-level meeting held that night, Zhao Yingmin, Vice Minister of the Ministry of ecological environment, introduced that the high-level meeting included the leaders' summit, ministerial plenary meeting and ministerial round table. Nine national dignitaries and the Secretary General of the United Nations attended the leaders' summit, 119 parties and 26 international institutions and organizations, A total of 125 ministerial level representatives and 24 ambassadors to China attended the meeting. For the first time in the history of the general assembly, the high standard and the number of national leaders attending the meeting are high.
Zhao Yingmin introduced that the COP15 high level meeting had produced three important outcomes. First, it has provided a political impetus for global biodiversity governance and boosted the global political determination to protect biodiversity. Second, through the formation of the Kunming declaration, it has gathered the joint forces of global biodiversity governance and provided a political guarantee for the formulation and consultation of the "post-2020 global biodiversity framework". Third, it announced new measures for China's biodiversity conservation, made Chinese contributions to global biodiversity conservation, and provided Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions.
As the main outcome of the conference, the "Kunming declaration" was drafted by China, and nearly 400 opinions were collected from 57 parties. It was finally formed. It is the first political document embodying the concept of ecological civilization under the framework of the United Nations multilateral environmental agreements. The "Kunming declaration" promises to formulate, adopt and implement an effective "post-2020 global biodiversity framework" to reverse the current trend of biodiversity loss and ensure the restoration of biodiversity by 2030 at the latest, so as to fully realize the 2050 vision of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
Elizabeth murema, executive secretary of the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention on biological diversity, said that the "Kunming declaration" is a very positive and ambitious declaration. It is the result of discussions among 57 parties, indicating that all parties have fully recognized the urgency of protecting biodiversity. The declaration shows China's political will and commitment, as well as the actions to be taken, and points out the right direction for us.
Source: Red Net
Author: Chen Zonghao
Editor: Peng Xiaoyu