COP15 launches program collecting Asian cases of "nature-based solutions"

STORY: COP15 launches program collecting Asian cases of "nature-based solutions" DATELINE: Dec. 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: MONTREAL, Canada CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the COP15 venue in Montreal, Canada 2. SOUNDBITE (English): ZOU YUEYU, Environment specialist with the ADB 3. various of the COP15 venue in Montreal, Canada STORYLINE: A program calling for Asian cases of "nature-based solutions" was launched on Friday at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. It was jointly launched by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development of China's Tsinghua University. SOUNDBITE (English): ZOU YUEYU, Environment specialist with the ADB "We are trying to collect nature-based solutions cases, which means the cases that are using nature-based approaches, and that through protection, sustainable use, and restoration of ecosystems, we can achieve climate (change) mitigation an