On the sidelines of a Central Asia summit in Astana, UNEP’s Inger Andersen said China had always been active in multilateralism
Andersen said that within UNEP, they “very much rely on China, together with the other 192 [member states], to play a steady role”.
The landmark framework set out 23 targets to be met by 2030 with the ambition of halting and reversing biodiversity loss, ultimately reaching a world living in harmony with nature by 2050.
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China did not just do the political chairing, but also put “serious money on the table” with a US$220 million (1.5 billion yuan) investment over 10 years for Global South development, Andersen said.
Source: News - South China Morning Post
