Yesterday on March 18, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) announced that the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) is now scheduled to take place between October 11 and 24 in Kunming, the capital city of Yunnan province in southwest China.

Themed "Ecological Civilization-Building a Shared Future for All Life on Earth", the conference hopes to shed new light on global biodiversity conservation. 

Originally planned to be held  in October, 2020, it has been postponed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.