According to the World Meteorological Organization and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, climate change and increasingly extreme weather events have caused a surge in natural disasters over the past 50 years, disproportionately impacting poorer countries.
There is likely to be a strong sense of deja vu among the delegates assembled this week in Kunming, China, where the United Nations fired the starting gun on negotiations for the 15th meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity, or COP15.
The gathering in Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, will be held in a green, safe, intelligent and frugal manner, Wang Tianxi, deputy head of the province's department of ecology and environment, said on Thursday.
KUNMING -- Preparations are in full swing in the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming one month ahead of a high-profile global meeting on biodiversity.
The 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Kunming, Yunnan province, will be held in two phases from Oct 11 to 15 and the first half of 2022.
