The first phase of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) was held in October 2021 in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The second phase begins on December 7 in Montreal, Canada. In an interview with CGTN, UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Achim Steiner hailed the great contributions to biodiversity conservation made by China, which holds the meeting's presidency.