Diplomacy
Ethiopia to Bid to Host the 19th UN Biodiversity Conference
The Reporter (Amharic) · 3 hours ago · Read the Full Story on The Reporter (Amharic)
AI SUMMARY
Ethiopia has announced plans to bid for hosting the 19th UN Biodiversity Conference while preparing to host the COP32 climate summit in Addis Ababa in 2027.
- Ethiopia announced its intention to bid for hosting the 19th UN Biodiversity Conference during the COP17 summit in Yerevan, Armenia.
- Tesfu Fekensa, representative of the Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute, leads the Ethiopian delegation at COP17.
- Ethiopia is scheduled to host the 32nd UN Climate Change Conference (COP32) in Addis Ababa in November 2027.
- Hosting these major international summits is expected to stimulate Ethiopia's economy, service sector, and job creation.
- During COP17, the Ethiopian delegation highlighted the Green Legacy initiative, under which approximately 56 billion seedlings have been planted over the past seven years.
- The 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework aims to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030, including protecting 30 percent of the world's land and marine areas.
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