The Minister and his 20-member delegate team joined the opening ceremony of the 15th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15), which was held recently in Montreal, Canada.
The COP15 meeting was chaired by Huang Runqiu, Minister of Ecology and Environment of China, and was attended by leaders of all 193 member countries and a total of 18,000 stakeholders.
The purpose of the meeting was to ensure political support from leaders around the world in the formulation and adoption of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (Post-2020 GBF) and UNCBD Conference resolutions.
Samal said that Cambodia was highly appreciated by China and Canada for its biodiversity efforts.
He added that, as a country rising from the ashes of war, Cambodia is a unique success story with its peace, political and economic stability in the last 20 years which has transformed Cambodia into a middle-class society. “This has created unprecedented opportunity for us to join global efforts in addressing climate change and preserving the remaining biodiversity.”
He noted that Cambodia have adopted Nagoya protocol and are investing in resilient infrastructure.
Samal noted that Cambodia has contributed about 2.3% of gross domestic product for climate change activities to increase the use of renewable energy, forest protection and for the preparation of development strategies for carbon neutrality.
Cambodia is the first nation in Southeast Asia to share a detailed roadmap with the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on the measures it will initiate to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, known as the Long-term strategy for Carbon Neutrality (LTS4CN), he added.
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Author: Son Minea
Source: Khmer Times
December 21, 2022
