KUNMING, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- World leaders on Tuesday called for global awareness, broad consensus and concrete actions to preserve biodiversity at a United Nations conference held in China.
-- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for efforts to build a community of all life on Earth at a key UN meeting to enhance global biodiversity protection. -- World leaders, international organizations and experts have warned of alarming biodiversity loss and the urgent need to come up with ambitious and effective solutions to guide global cooperation on the matter.
A sand painting video featuring Yunnan’s beautiful, abundant and wonderful national resources, diverse ethnic cultures and rich biodiversity was released on Oct. 10 in celebration of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15), which is being held in Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan province.
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech via video link at the leaders' summit of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) held in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Oct. 12, 2021.