The 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity concludes and the Ecological Civilization Forum also issues an initiative
Build a global ecological civilization and protect global biodiversity
Yesterday, the first phase of the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) closed. Huang Runqiu, Minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, introduced at a press conference held that evening that the conference has achieved important results in three aspects, which will more effectively lead and promote all parties with the greatest political determination, the strongest action intensity and the most favorable guarantee conditions. In-depth dialogue, consensus building, and pragmatic cooperation to promote the achievement of an ambitious, balanced and pragmatic “Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework”, promote the mainstreaming of biodiversity restoration, and fully realize the 2050 vision of harmonious coexistence between man and nature .
The first phase of the meeting was both ambitious and pragmatic
Huang Runqiu said that the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity held in Aichi Prefecture, Japan in 2010 established the “United Nations Biodiversity 2020 Target”, referred to as the “Aichi Target”. In 2020, the evaluation results of the “Aichi Targets” by the United Nations show that only 6 of the 20 “Aichi Targets” have been partially achieved, and some sub-targets have even worsened.
In this context, the just-concluded COP15 system summarizes the international community’s experience in biodiversity conservation, promotes the formulation of a global biodiversity conservation strategy for the next 10 years and beyond, and draws a new blueprint for global biodiversity conservation. , Is essential to contain and reverse the severe situation of biodiversity loss and promote global sustainable development.
Huang Runqiu said that the first phase of the COP15 meeting was both ambitious and pragmatic, intense and efficient, and fruitful. At the press conference, the Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity Elizabeth Murema called on all parties to remember the commitments made at the meeting and help achieve the “Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework”.
The meeting achieved three important results
Huang Runqiu introduced that the meeting achieved three important results. The first is to gather broad political will and form a strong political impetus. Nine national leaders and the Secretary-General of the United Nations attended the leaders’ summit online and delivered speeches. This is the first time in the history of the Convention that a leader’s summit has been set up at a high-level meeting, and it is also the highest-level leader’s summit. It has injected strong confidence and political impetus for the international community to jointly respond to global ecological and environmental challenges and promote global biodiversity governance. The second is to reach the “Kunming Declaration”, which is a landmark result of this meeting and provides political guidance for the negotiation of the “Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework”. At the same time, the Ecological Civilization Forum has also issued the initiative of “Co-constructing Global Ecological Civilization and Protecting Global Biodiversity”, which will have a positive impact on increasing the willingness of all parties to participate in the construction of global ecological civilization and biodiversity conservation. Third, China has put forward pragmatic and strong host country measures and announced the establishment of the Kunming Biodiversity Fund.
Huang Runqiu said that he believes that these measures will effectively guide all parties to mobilize resources, take pragmatic actions, increase public financial investment, broaden the investment channels of various funds, and provide greater support for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use. The new process of global biodiversity governance.
COP15·Interpretation
Does China support the inclusion of the “3030” target in the global biodiversity framework?
During the consultation process of the “Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework”, many countries represented by the “High Ambitious Alliance” proposed the goal of protecting 30% of the world‘s land and 30% of the ocean by 2030. At the press conference last night, a German reporter asked whether China supports the “3030” target in the global biodiversity framework? Huang Runqiu, Minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, stated that as the host country of COP15, China will work hard to promote the parties to expand their consensus, meet each other halfway, and achieve both ambitious and pragmatic protected area goals.
Huang Runqiu introduced that at present, only 15% of the land and 7% of the ocean in the world have been protected, and the “Aichi Target” has not been completed. The proposal of the “high ambition” goal of “3030” embodies people’s urgent desire and ambitious goal to reverse the trend of global biodiversity loss. However, some countries have proposed that in determining the target area of protected areas, in addition to quantity, quality must also be considered.
He said that the realization of a “high ambition” goal must have the financial resources and institutional guarantees needed to support the realization of the goal, and it is also inseparable from effective management and extensive participation of localities, communities and the public to be both ambitious and pragmatic. As the host country of COP15, China will work hard to push the parties to expand their consensus, meet each other halfway, and reach ambitious and pragmatic protected area goals, serving the global biodiversity framework, the long-term goal of 2030, and the harmony between man and nature in 2050 A beautiful vision of symbiosis.Text/Reporter Dong Xin
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