During the One Planet Summit for Biodiversity, a new coalition of 51 governments co-chaired by the United Kingdom, France, and Costa Rica today announced their commitment to protect at least 30% of the world’s land and 30% of the world’s ocean by 2030 and secure a global agreement to that effect at the Convention on Biological Diversity to be held this year in China.
The High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People includes the following initial members: Angola, Armenia, Benin, Botswana, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, European Commission, Finland, France, Gabon, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Japan, Kenya, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Mozambique, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Republic of Congo, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, and United Kingdom.
