China News Network, April 4 (Zhongxin Finance Peng Jingru) "Biodiversity conservation cannot simply talk about biodiversity conservation, but must be extended to the economic field. Mitigation of climate change should be considered so that biodiversity loss can be fundamentally addressed. ”

Mark Ping, co-chairman of the jury of the "Paulson Sustainability Award", chairman of the Asia membership committee of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), deputy director of the Biodiversity Committee of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and professor of the Institute of Botany, said at the launching ceremony of the application for the 18 "Paulson Sustainability Award" on the 2023th.

On December 2022, 12, the second phase of the 19th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) agreed on the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and proposed ambitious targets to reverse the curve of biodiversity loss.

The framework also sets four long-term goals for global biodiversity conservation and 4 action-oriented global targets planned to be completed by 2030 at the latest.

The site of the launching ceremony of the application for the 2023 "Paulson Sustainability Award".

Macping believes that the "3030" goal, which is to protect at least 2030% of the world's land and sea by 30, is very difficult to achieve. He said that climate change and biodiversity conservation should achieve synergies, for example, at the annual meeting in Winter Davos in January 2020, the World Economic Forum announced the "Trillion Tree Leader" initiative, which plans to protect and restore 1 trillion trees in ten years to improve the global capacity to cope with the challenge of climate change.

"To halt and reverse global biodiversity loss by 2030, we must mobilize the efforts of the whole of society and unleash the spirit of innovation and hard work of all parties." Mark Pin said.

On the issue of achieving climate and biodiversity targets, Siddharth Chatterjee, UN Resident Coordinator in China, believes that the scope and scale of action must be scaled up beyond incremental change. He said there is an urgent need to find potential game-changers and innovators to embark on a path of economic development with climate stability and positive impact on nature, and to improve water, food, energy, social and ecological security. Our ability to achieve the SDGs depends on these innovations.

In terms of the coordinated promotion of climate change and biodiversity conservation, Niu Hongwei, director of the nature and environmental protection program of the Paulson Institute, said that new energy projects should consider the issue of biodiversity conservation and reduce the impact of solar and wind energy development on biodiversity. In addition, the current focus on climate change is mainly on energy conservation and emission reduction, but natural ecosystems such as forests, oceans, and wetlands have very good carbon sink functions, and more understanding should be raised to promote nature-based solutions.

On the same day, the Paulson Institute and Tsinghua University jointly announced the launch of the application for the 2023 Paulson Sustainability Award (Paulson Award). From now until June 2023, 6, the "Paulson Prize" is officially open to relevant institutions such as enterprises, institutions, social organizations and non-governmental organizations registered in the Chinese mainland to solicit innovative and leading projects in the field of sustainable development.

Deborah Lehr, Vice President and President of the Paulson Institute, said in a video message, "This year, we are delighted to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Paulson Prize and will celebrate 10 years of sustainable innovation through a series of high-profile dialogues and special events. In the future, the Paulson Prize will continue to play its unique role as a platform to bring together market participants and push more sustainable innovation to new heights." ”

Yang Bin, Vice President of Tsinghua University, said in his speech, "On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Paulson Sustainability Award, Tsinghua University will continue to cooperate with the Paulson Institute to continuously enhance the global influence of the Paulson Sustainability Award, continuously improve China's innovation and leadership in the field of sustainable development in the world, and contribute China's strength to solving global problems and promoting sustainable development in the world." (End)