Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs – in the Senedd at 1:52 pm on 3 February 2021.
Thank you, Minister. As the species champion for the fen raft spider, I'm acutely aware that Wales has experienced a startling decline in ecosystem resilience. I'm grateful that the Welsh Government have made commitments to tackle the decline in our biodiversity, but this is a growing issue worldwide, and needs legally binding targets to be set. The conference on the convention on biological diversity will take place at Kunming in China later this year. It is hoped that this conference will be to biodiversity what the Paris summit was to climate change. So, Minister, what role will Wales play at that summit, and will you be pressing the UK Government to push for and legally adopt binding targets to drive nature's recovery?