President al-Sisi announces that Egypt will sign the Metz Charter on Biodiversity
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On 26 August 2019, President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi of Egypt announced that his country would sign the Metz Charter on Biodiversity. He made the announcement during the 2019 G7 Leaders' Summit in Biarritz, saying that he believes “in the need to preserve biodiversity, which is an essential element for achieving a sustainable development.” The Metz Charter officially welcomes the IPBES Global Assessment and commits to addressing the main pressures on biodiversity “as informed by the best available science and knowledge, including the thematic, regional and global assessments by the IPBES.” Its three central commitments are to accelerate and intensify efforts to halt biodiversity loss, encourage the engagement of other actors and stakeholders and support the development and implementation of post-2020 global biodiversity framework.
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Global assessment (1st work programme)
2019-08-01
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