COP15: the international biodiversity conference

Environment and Climate Change Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 10 Jun 2021 Closed: 24 Jan 2023 Parliament page
COP15 is the fifteenth meeting of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, due to take place in China in October 2021. This inquiry will explore what it needs to achieve and what the Government is doing to support its success.
6 Oral sessions
3 Letters
7 Events
Activity timeline 10 events
18 Jan
2023
Oral evidence
20 Jun
2022
Oral evidence
23 Nov
2021
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Virtual
6 Jul
2021
Oral evidence
29 Jun
2021
Oral evidence
22 Jun
2021
Oral evidence
15 Jun
2021
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 6 sessions
20 Meeting
Andrea Ledward CBE · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Rt Hon Thérèse Coffey MP · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
5 Meeting
Rt Hon George Eustice · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs The Rt Hon. the Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
6 Meeting
Rt Hon George Eustice · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Will Lockhart · Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
5 Meeting
Bernadette Fischler Hooper · WWF UK David Cooper · Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat Dr Dilys Roe · International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Minister Yang Xiaoguang · Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Soledad Leal Campos · International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
4 Meeting
Akanksha Khatri · World Economic Forum Elsa Tsioumani · International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) Georgina Chandler · RSPB Melissa Miners · Unilever
3 Meeting
Cheryl Case · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Dr Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias · UN Convention on Biological Diversity Friedrich Wulf · Friends of the Earth Europe Sandra Díaz · National University of Córdoba The Rt Hon. the Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park · Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs Will Lockhart · Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Correspondence 3 letters
13 Dec 2021 From committee COP15 Letter to George Eustice, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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25 Nov 2021 To committee Letter from George Eustice, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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26 Jul 2021 From committee COP15 Letter to George Eustice, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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