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COP15:Planning positive change for global biodiversity
COP15 will bring together governments from across the world to chart the course that could help transform society’s relationship with nature. As the host country, China stands ready to facilitate this landmark conference that will agree on goals and actions that put nature at the center of decision making.
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The best measures to safeguard nature will be debated when representatives from almost 200 countries meet in China in October 2021 to write the next chapter for global action to support positive change for biodiversity.
The Minister of Ecology and Environment of China and the Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences discuss the potential for change from COP15.