Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs – in the Senedd at 1:53 pm on 3 February 2021.
Yes, that work has already started. My officials are working very closely with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs—because, obviously, the UK Government is the member state; they're the UK party to the convention—to influence the negotiation of any post-2020 global biodiversity framework. So, on a similar basis to how we work—and COP26 will be working in a similar way. As you mentioned, it will be held in China in May. That's actually been postponed from—I think it was—the autumn of last year. So, this work has already started, and we'll certainly be playing a part, just like we do in the COP26 process as well.