OTTAWA,
ON, Aug. 19, 2024 /CNW/ - Media
representatives are advised that the Honourable Steven Guilbeault,
Minister of Environment and Climate Change, will participate in a
UN-led media availability to pass the torch to Colombia, which will host the 16th
meeting of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations
Convention on Biological Diversity, also known as COP16. He will be joined by the Honourable Maria
Susana Muhamad, Colombia's
Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, and
Astrid Schomaker, Executive
Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
In 2022, Canada stepped up to
co-host COP15 in Montréal, where
participants agreed to the Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity
Framework, a historic global framework to safeguard nature and halt
and reverse biodiversity loss, putting nature on a path to recovery
by 2050. Canada advocated for
international collaboration on ambitious goals, including
conserving 30 percent of lands and oceans by 2030, which was
included in the agreement.
Event:
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Hybrid
media availability
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Date:
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Wednesday, August 21, 2024
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Time:
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4:00 p.m. (EDT)
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Location:
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Montréal, Quebec
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Media representatives are asked to register by
contacting Franca D'Amico at franca.damico@un.org to obtain
more information.
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