Inger Andersen said we must not ‘pause for a second’ as we ‘change the relationship between people and nature’
Huang paid tribute to his Canadian counterpart and their efforts working together on the agreement during negotiations over the past few weeks, despite tensions between the two countries.
“The first few days of Cop15, the weather was not good. It was cloudy. My heart was heavy. I felt a lot of pressure about what kind of agreement we could make. I need to thank Steven Guilbeault for his efforts,” Huang said, pausing to shake the Canadian’s hand. “There is a Chinese saying that snow brings good luck. In the second week, it snowed. During the small hours of yesterday, we celebrated, applauded and cheered. In the conference, we achieved historic success. A shared future for all life on Earth,” the Cop15 president said, adding that he would make sure that countries implemented the final agreement while China holds the presidency over the next two years.
Yesterday Huang shook hands with Ève Bazaiba, the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s environment minister, on the plenary floor –– after a dispute over the way the agreement was rushed through was resolved. “I’m extremely pleased to share that we’ve achieved a ‘Montreal moment’ for nature,” said Guilbeault. “For Canada, as well as many environmental organisations, we could only dream of achieving the level of ambition reflected in the text of the framework. Even only a week ago, who would have thought we would have a global commitment to protect 30% of lands and oceans?”
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