Xi Focus: Xi addresses opening ceremony of high-level segment of COP15 part 2 Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses via videol
Stay updated with breaking news from Biodiversity Framework. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Xi Focus: Xi addresses opening ceremony of high-level segment of COP15 part 2 Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses via videol
Braving freezing rain, activists and protesters on Thursday dropped 80-foot banners reading Biodiversity versus Billionaires, visible from Montreal's Palais des Congres where world leaders are meeting for a major environmental meeting -- a United Nations Biodiversity Conference known as COP15.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday evening addressed via videolink the opening ceremony of the high-level segment of the second part of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15), held in Canada's Montreal.
Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, apostolic nuncio to Canada, said at COP15 that the global deal under negotiation here in Montreal must address the drivers of biodiversity loss and uphold the rights of Indigenous peoples.
The address President Xi Jinping made via video link at the opening ceremony of the High-Level Segment of the second part of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on Thursday shows the great significance China attaches to the event and the cause it represents.