(Montreal) Chinese Environment Minister Huang Runqiu is expected to present the text of a new global agreement to protect nature on Sunday morning at COP15 in Montreal.
The final draft comes after nearly two weeks of negotiations between 196 nations that are part of the UN’s biodiversity convention seeking a new deal to stop human destruction of nature and begin restoring what has already been lost.
The United Nations says that three-quarters of the world’s land has been altered by human activities and that one million species are at risk of becoming extinct this century.
Nations have yet to agree on the final wording of the text, which will be released at 8 a.m. local time, when most regional groups begin their morning meetings.
A closed session with environment ministers or their designated negotiators will take place at noon, where Huang will seek approval for what he hopes will become the final text.
As the final hours of talks approached, a sort of contest of strength had erupted between developed and developing countries over whether a new dedicated biodiversity fund was the best way to channel new finance. for preservation.