日批在线视频_内射毛片内射国产夫妻_亚洲三级小视频_在线观看亚洲大片短视频_女性向h片资源在线观看_亚洲最大网

Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
World
Home / World / Newsmakers

Saving land and oceans not easy goal

By KARL WILSON in Sydney | China Daily | Updated: 2021-01-18 10:42
Share
Share - WeChat
Vice-Premier Han Zheng, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, addresses the One Planet Summit via video link in Beijing, capital of China, Jan 11, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]

Nature loss is accelerating rapidly as one million species face extinction

The commitment by China and some 50 other countries to protect 30 percent of the earth's land and oceans by 2030 was a much-needed step to halt biodiversity loss and prevent species extinction, analysts said.

Realizing the mission, though, will not be easy as the new goal would mean a huge scale-up in the protected land and ocean area compared to current levels, they said.

The new commitment by 50-odd countries is "very positive and very much needed to address the linked global crisis we are facing on climate change and biodiversity loss", said Bruce Dunn, director of environment and safeguards at the Manila-based Asian Development Bank's Sustainable Development and Climate Change department.

"Realizing this ambition will be challenging, however, because it means doubling the existing land area protected, and more than tripling the area of protected oceans," Dunn said.

China was among a group of more than 50 countries that pledged to protect 30 percent of the planet's land and sea area by 2030 as part of efforts to halt species extinction and address climate change issues.

The commitment was made at the UN-backed One Planet Summit, which was hosted by France and took place virtually for the most part, on Jan 11, when political leaders vowed to reverse the accelerating destruction of the nature.

Boost environment

China has drawn red lines for ecological protection that cannot be crossed, set up a national park system and implemented major projects for biodiversity protection. It will continue to improve environmental quality and build a beautiful China in accordance with the requirements of high-quality development, Vice-Premier Han Zheng said in his summit address via video link.

The "30-30" initiative could become the cornerstone of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 15) meeting in Kunming, China, later this year when a Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework will be formulated for action over the next decade.

The One Planet Summit was initiated by the United Nations, the World Bank and France in 2017. It focused on global climate and environmental governance, with three editions held so far. Absent from the event were Australia and the United States.

Translating the commitment of the more than 50 nations into action, the ADB's Dunn said, would require a number of steps including linking initial commitments with global strategies and agendas aligned with the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and the Paris Agreement on climate change.

Other steps include reconciling competing development priorities and land use pressures that drive deforestation.

This would include reforming subsidies and incentives, recognizing community and indigenous peoples' rights and involvement in protected areas management, and scaling-up financing for nature-positive investments.

"If one thinks of the gap between the degree of the crisis and what is being done, biodiversity loss would rank highest among planetary crises," said Vinod Thomas, visiting professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.

He noted the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services has just warned that nature loss is accelerating at an unprecedented rate, with grave impacts for human well-being, and that a million species face extinction.

The ADB's Dunn said COP 15 will "provide a significant opportunity to build momentum to value nature and drive investments that will have a positive impact on restoring and conserving the natural systems on which our societies rely."

Thomas added: "In the midst of pandemics and growing natural disasters, countries must match their rhetoric with financing. One avenue is to put nature and biodiversity at the center of climate actions."

That calls for close coordination and integration between the UK-hosted COP 26 on global climate change next year and this year's China-led biodiversity discussions and agreements, he said.

"Nature-based climate solutions, for example action on deforestation and investment in reforestation, can comprise the source for one third of the reductions in greenhouse gases," Thomas said.

Most Viewed in 24 Hours
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1994 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 久久精品99 | 精品一区av | 国产一级二级在线观看 | 久久综合九色综合欧美狠狠 | 久久观看最新视频 | 国产精品视频一区在线观看 | 国产精品一区二区在线播放 | 欧美天堂网站 | 丁香社区五月天 | 香蕉影音| 久久99精品久久久久久噜噜 | 亚洲国产图片 | 97视频在线观看免费 | 国产精品国产三级国产普通话对白 | 亚洲高清在线视频 | 日韩欧美国产高清91 | 色综合久久五月 | 国产一区二区色 | 精品视频在线播放 | 一区二区三区四区国产精品 | 日韩午夜伦 | 黄色av网站免费看 | 天堂av2018| 欧美成人精品欧美一级私黄 | 国产伦精品一区二区三区视频网站 | 国产成人三级在线观看 | 色婷婷一区 | 欧美国产中文字幕 | 中文字幕一区二区三区av | 久久123| 四虎影视在线播放 | 亚洲男人的天堂网站 | 久草国产在线视频 | 久久午夜精品视频 | 伊人色av| 久久国产免费观看 | 亚洲第六页 | 成人小视频在线免费观看 | 久久午夜视频 | 日韩av一区二区在线观看 | 日韩精品社区 |