COP 15 is the English abbreviation of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. The Convention on Biological Diversity was adopted on May 22, 1992, signed by all countries in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June, and entered into force on February 29, 1993. This is the first global agreement to protect biodiversity, and there are currently 196 parties.

The upcoming COP 15 in Kunming will review and adopt the Global Biodiversity Framework after 2020, set the global biodiversity target of 202 1-2030, and point out the direction for global biodiversity protection in the next decade or even longer.

Take COP27 as an example. What do these numbers stand for:

COP27 stands for the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Convention was established in 1992 and came into force in 1994.

From 65438 to 0995, the first Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was held in Berlin. This year, when the conference was held in Egypt, it was already the 27th Conference of the Parties.

Therefore, the number after the Conference of the Parties represents the number of meetings of the Conference of the Parties. In the same way, back to the COP 15 being held in Montreal, which is the abbreviation of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity.