U.N.-backed COP15 biodiversity conference passes The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

The president of the U.N.-backed COP15 biodiversity conference, China’s Minister of Ecology and Environment Huang Runqiu, lowers the gavel to pass the The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework in Montreal, Quebec, Canada December 19, 2022. Julian Haber/UN Biodiversity/Handout via REUTERS