U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity, COP 15 Commences in Canada

U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity, COP 15 Commences in Canada

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Category : International Published on: December 12 2022

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  • The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, also called as Conference of Parties (COP-15) commenced in Montreal, Canada on 7 December 2022. 
  • The two-weeklong conference (7-19 December 2022) was originally scheduled to be held in Kunming, China in October but was shifted to Montreal, Canada due to covid situation in China.
  • This is the second part of the COP15. The first part was hosted by China on 18 August 2021 virtually and the second part was to be held in a face to face conference but it has been shifted from China to Canada.
  • The Biological diversity conference focuses on nature. It is different from the  UNFCCC(United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change ) organised Conference of Parties(CoP) which focuses on the problem of global warming and climate change due to emission of greenhouse gasses.
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