Crucial UN biodiversity summit set for October in China's Kunming

The United Nations Summit on Biodiversity, COP15, will take place in October in Kunming City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, after being delayed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN said on Friday.

The meeting is seen as a vital chance for nations to set guidelines for protecting nature and slowing the catastrophic pace of species loss. The UN said the summit would be held October 11-24, just a few weeks before a parallel UN conference on climate change, COP26, takes place in Glasgow.

(With input from AFP)