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The 2022 United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) of the Parties to the UN
Convention on Biological Diversity The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), known informally as the Biodiversity Convention, is a multilateral treaty. The Convention has three main goals: the conservation of biological diversity (or biodiversity); the sustainable use of its ...
(CBD) was planned to be held in April 2022 in
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, China, but was postponed, for a fourth time, to the third quarter of 2022 according to the UN secretariat office on March 29. It was originally scheduled to be held in October 2020, but was delayed due to the
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. In June 2022, the UN secretariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity and China’s environment ministry said in separate statements that the meeting would be held in December 2022 in
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, Canada, where the secretariat is based, though China would remain the president of the summit. Several cities signed the "Montreal Pledge" in advance of the conference to commit to protect
biodiversity Biodiversity or biological diversity is the variety and variability of life on Earth. Biodiversity is a measure of variation at the genetic ('' genetic variability''), species ('' species diversity''), and ecosystem ('' ecosystem diversity'') ...
in their cities through 15 actions. During the talks, divisions remained on numerous issues as the conference went into its final days, such as disputes over the funding for conservation efforts. There was also discussion that protections for marine biodiversity could be dropped completely. An op-ed published in ''
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'' in mid-December criticized the proceedings as being very slow and lacking urgency. On December 19, 190 countries signed on to the agreement which includes protecting 30% of land and oceans by 2030 ( 30 by 30) and 22 other targets intended to reduce biodiversity loss. Other countries said the agreement does not go far enough to protect biodiversity, and that the process was rushed. COP15 adopted a comprehensive package of 6 items:https://www.cbd.int/article/cop15-cbd-press-release-final-19dec2022 * L25: Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) * L26: Monitoring framework for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework * L27: Mechanisms for planning, monitoring, reporting and review * L28: Capacity-building and development and technical and scientific cooperation * L29: Resource mobilization * L30: Digital sequence information on genetic resources.


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COP15: The UN Biodiversity Conference

The 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
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