UN declares virtual talks have set the stage for the adoption of an ambitious post-2020 global biodiversity framework next year
The first phase of the COP15 Biodiversity Summit in Kunming, China closed today (15 October) with the UN expressing confidence the week long talks had helped set the stage for the adoption of a new international treaty next year to ramp up global biodiversity protection. The latest round of virtual talks delivered a wave of new funding pledges for nature protection and broad political support for a new set of global targets that would serve to curb rates of biodiversity loss over the next decade. The COP15 Summit had been scheduled to take place this week with diplomats hoping it woul...
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