UN Biodiversity Summit Moved From China Over COVID-19 Policy

UN Biodiversity Summit Moved From China Over COVID-19 Policy
The Danish art group Superflex projects marine life images onto the United Nations headquarters building in New York with the East River visible in the background on Sept. 22, 2021. A United Nations summit on biodiversity will be held in Canada instead of China, organizers announced on June 21, 2022Ted Shaffrey/AP Photo
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BEIJING—A United Nations summit on biodiversity will be held in Canada instead of China, organizers announced Tuesday, the second major international event to be moved from China because of its strict anti-coronavirus policies.

The U.N. secretariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity and China’s environment ministry said in separate statements that the meeting will be held in December in Montreal, where the secretariat is based.