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Historic1 Agreement Reached at UN Environment Meeting

Negotiators at a United Nations environmental conference in Canada reached a historic deal Monday. It aims to protect the world's lands and oceans and provides financing3 to save biodiversity in the developing world.

The agreement came on the final day of the U.N. Biodiversity Conference, or COP15, in Montreal.

China, the president of COP15, offered a proposal Sunday that helped the negotiations4 move forward. Chinese Environment Minister Huang Runqiu spoke5 about it to the delegates6. He said he believed the deal, in his words, "can guide us as we all work together to halt and reverse7 biodiversity loss and put biodiversity on the path to recovery...."

Huang said that would be good for all the world's peoples.

The agreement's most important term is known as 30 by 30. It is a promise to protect 30 percent of land and water considered important for biodiversity by the year 2030. Currently8, such protection covers 17 percent of land.

The deal also calls for raising $200 billion by 2030 for biodiversity financing from a number of sources. In addition, another goal is to work to end or change subsidies9 that could provide another $500 billion for nature. As part of the financing, the deal calls for increasing the money that goes to poor countries to at least $20 billion each year by 2025. That number would increase to $30 billion each year by 2030.

Disputes about financing a deal threatened progress late in the talks. Several African countries held up the final agreement for many hours.

But, Huang pushed aside the opposition10 and the documents that make up the agreement were adopted. A COP15 legal expert ruled that Congo, one country that expressed opposition, never officially objected to the document. Several other African countries, including Cameroon and Uganda, supported Congo's position and said they would make an official complaint.

Canada's Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault praised the agreement.

"We have 30 by 30. Six months ago, who would have thought we could 30 by 30 in Montreal?" This is major progress, he added.

France's Christophe Béchu called it a "historical deal."

"It's not a small deal," he said. He added that there are now goals expressed for agriculture industry poisons, bad subsidies, and species11 loss.

Pierre du Plessis, a negotiator2 from Namibia, told the Associated Press before the vote, "Everyone got a bit of what they wanted, not necessarily everything they wanted."

There were supporters of the deal who said it fell short in several areas.

The Wildlife Conservation Society and other environmental groups were concerned that the deal puts off some goals until 2050. They fear that is not quick enough.

Some groups also wanted tougher language around subsidies that make food and fuel so cheap in many parts of the world.

Andrew Deutz of The Nature Conservancy said the agreement still risks not making big enough changes.

Words in This Story

biodiversity – n. the existence of many different kinds of plants and animals in an environment

subsidy12 – n. money that is paid usually by a government to keep the price of a product or service low or to help a business or organization to continue to function

complaint – n. a statement that you are unhappy or not satisfied with something

species – n. biology : a group of animals or plants that are similar and can produce young animals or plants : a group of related animals or plants that is smaller than a genus


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1 historic AcNxw     
adj.历史上著名的,具有历史意义的
参考例句:
  • This is a historic occasion.这是具有重大历史意义的时刻。
  • We are living in a great historic era.我们正处在一个伟大的历史时代。
2 negotiator hGPxb     
n.协商者,谈判者;(票据、支票等)背书人
参考例句:
  • They have placed great trust in him as a negotiator. 他们完全信赖他进行谈判。
  • The negotiator acted as liaison between labour and management. 谈判者充当劳资双方的联络人。
3 financing ctqzVB     
n.筹措资金
参考例句:
  • The main source of our outside financing is bank loan. 我们向外筹措资金的主要渠道是银行贷款。
  • They live in a symbiosis with governments that they are financing. 他们与他们服务的政府互利共存。
4 negotiations af4b5f3e98e178dd3c4bac64b625ecd0     
协商( negotiation的名词复数 ); 谈判; 完成(难事); 通过
参考例句:
  • negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
  • Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
5 spoke XryyC     
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
参考例句:
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
6 delegates f6181d3345b223dc5fcaf31ceaaa79c3     
代表,代表团成员( delegate的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The conference was attended by delegates from 56 countries. 此次会议有来自56个国家的代表出席。
  • Delegates expressed strong opposition to the plans. 代表强烈反对这些计划。
7 reverse tsjym     
v.推翻,颠倒,反向;n.反面,逆境;adj.反向的
参考例句:
  • His answer was just the reverse of what I expected.他的回答正好与我期望的相反。
  • Please reverse the positions of two pictures.请把两张图片的位置倒转过来。
8 currently SvMzI2     
adv.通常地,普遍地,当前
参考例句:
  • Currently it is not possible to reconcile this conflicting evidence.当前还未有可能去解释这一矛盾的例证。
  • Our contracts are currently under review.我们的合同正在复查。
9 subsidies 84c7dc8329c19e43d3437248757e572c     
n.补贴,津贴,补助金( subsidy的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • European agriculture ministers failed to break the deadlock over farm subsidies. 欧洲各国农业部长在农业补贴问题上未能打破僵局。
  • Agricultural subsidies absorb about half the EU's income. 农业补贴占去了欧盟收入的大约一半。 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 opposition eIUxU     
n.反对,敌对
参考例句:
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
11 species FTizN     
n.物种,种群
参考例句:
  • Are we the only thinking species in the whole of creation?我们是万物中惟一有思想的物种吗?
  • This species of bird now exists only in Africa.这种鸟现在只存在于非洲。
12 subsidy 2U5zo     
n.补助金,津贴
参考例句:
  • The university will receive a subsidy for research in artificial intelligence.那个大学将得到一笔人工智能研究的补助费。
  • The living subsidy for senior expert's family is included in the remuneration.报酬已包含高级专家家人的生活补贴。

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