UN’s Kunming biodiversity summit delayed a second time
by Patrick Greenfield from Environment | The Guardian on (#5FHEV)
Covid pandemic continues to hamper plans for key gathering to agree targets on protecting nature
A key United Nations summit to negotiate an accord for nature similar to the Paris climate agreement has been postponed for a second time, it has been announced.
The UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) said in a a statement that Cop15, the biggest biodiversity summit in a decade, had been moved to October due to delays related to the coronavirus pandemic. The negotiations in Kunming, China, had been scheduled for May after they were moved from October 2020.
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