China hosts biodiversity summit

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 12, 2021 12:35 am

BEIJING: A key UN summit tasked with protecting biodiversity officially opens in China and online on Monday as countries meet to tackle pollution and prevent mass extinction weeks before the COP26 climate conference.

Beijing, the world's biggest polluter, has sought to position itself in recent years as a world leader on climate issues after Washington's withdrawal from international commitments under the Trump administration.

Aerial photo shows egrets resting on top of trees at the Dafeng Milu National Nature Reserve in the city of Yancheng, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 26, 2019. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

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