Huang Runqiu (second right), China's minister of ecology and environment, also president of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15), poses for a group photo with Inger Andersen (second left), executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme; Steven Guilbeault (first right), Canadian minister of environment and climate change; and David Cooper, deputy executive secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the last press conference during the second part of COP15 in Montreal, Canada, Dec. 20, 2022, local time. [Photo by Yu Ruidong/China News Service]

The second part of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) was held in Montreal, Canada, from December 7 to 19, 2022. On December 15, President Xi Jinping addressed the opening of the High-Level Segment of COP15 via video link. He stated: "Solidarity and cooperation are the only effective way to address global challenges. A sound ecosystem is essential for the prosperity of civilization. We must work together to promote harmonious coexistence between man and nature, build a community of all life on the Earth, and create a clean and beautiful world for us all."

High biodiversity is a sign of a healthy ecosystem, which is essential for human survival and development. In the face of the global challenge of biodiversity loss, we are a community of common destiny and shall make joint efforts to protect nature and the integrity of ecosystems so as to adapt to climate change.