CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Convened under UN auspices, chaired by China, and hosted by Canada, the 15th Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity adopted the “Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework” (GBF), including four goals and 23 targets for achievement by 2030.

Detailed explanation-2: -The conference was held in Montréal, Quebec, the seat of the UN CBD Secretariat, from December 7 – 19, 2022. COP15 focused on protecting nature and halting biodiversity loss around the world.

Detailed explanation-3: -What is the COP15 Biodiversity Commitment, delivered at Montreal? A major international environmental conference has just concluded in Montreal, Canada, promising to take urgent action to protect and restore the world’s biodiversity - all the different forms of life, plants as well as animals, that inhabit this planet.

Detailed explanation-4: -The United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) ended in Montreal, Canada, on 19 December 2022 with a landmark agreement to guide global action on nature through to 2030. Representatives from 188 governments have been gathered in Montreal for the past two weeks for the important summit.

Detailed explanation-5: -At the end of 2022, the United Nations organised two COPs: COP15 in Montreal, Canada and COP27 in Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt. What does COP mean and why are there two with different numbers, 15 and 27?