International media praised COP15: Building a community of life on earth

International media praised COP15: Take action to build a community of life on earth

International media praised COP15: Actions to build a community of life on earth International media praised COP15: Actions to build a community of life on earth

(Biodiversity Conference) International media praised COP15: Take action to build a community of life on earth

China News Service, Kunming, October 12th, title: International media praised COP15: Take action to build a community of life on earth

China News Agency reporter Zhang Chenyi Ruan Yulin Chen Su

The first phase of the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) opened in Kunming, Yunnan, China on the 11th
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Mainstream international media have issued articles stating that COP15 reflects China's responsibility, and now is the best time for countries around the world to work together to maintain biodiversity and build a community of life on earth

COP15 reflects China's responsibility

COP15 reflects China's responsibility

"COP15 kicked off in China on the 11th.
One of its missions is to establish a policy of action to combat pollution and prevent mass extinction of species before the 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26)
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" Agence France-Presse said in its report that China has emphasized the importance of attaching great importance to the protection of biodiversity on many occasions

Reuters mentioned in the report that China will incorporate the protection of biodiversity into various development plans
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A related article in the South China Morning Post pointed out that the holding of this conference in China highlighted the importance of the biodiversity agenda to China
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At the same time, the world is also curious about how China will show its responsibilities on such a platform and how it will help protect global biodiversity

According to Deutsche Welle, COP15 is also a key opportunity for China
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China plays an important role in the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Chairman

The BBC introduced the research results of relevant scientists, pointing out that the loss of biodiversity may lead to the collapse of the ecosystem
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Now, China is hosting COP15, and China is a country with extremely rich species diversity, where there are nearly 10% of the plant species and 14% of the animal species on the earth

"This is the last and best opportunity"

"This is the last and best opportunity"

Reuters quoted Elizabeth Murema, Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, as saying at the opening ceremony that the world has now reached a " critical moment " for protecting important ecosystems
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crucial moment

The British "Guardian" published an article on the 11th that the CEOs of 11 world-renowned companies have jointly issued an open letter, recommending that governments take meaningful actions in response to the mass extinction of wild animals and the collapse of ecosystems.
Otherwise, we The planet will become a "dead planet"
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The open letter stated that the current international agreements aimed at reducing plastic pollution and reducing the use of pesticides are not strong enough to prevent the destruction of nature by human activities

"Nature is at a turning point, and time is not good for us
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" The open letter pointed out that COP15 is our last and best opportunity to reverse the trend of biodiversity loss

The "Guardian" article quoted a report from Swiss Re that pointed out that more than half of the world's annual gross domestic product (GDP) depends on high-functioning biodiversity
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Biodiversity is so important, but one-fifth of the world's countries are still facing the risk of ecosystem collapse, so we have to study our impact on nature and climate like tracking the profit and loss level of enterprises

David Cooper, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, said frankly that although the new crown pneumonia epidemic is still affected, the discussions are progressing smoothly.
There is the necessary ambition in terms of the means to achieve these goals
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