NESE Postgraduate Quests for Sustainable Development in Ecuador
Chin Min Yee, a Master's student from New Energy Science and Engineering Programme, Xiamen University Malaysia, attended Global Development Conference 2023, which took place at Quito, Ecuador, from 31 October to 1 November, 2023.
Themed “Biodiversity and Sustainable Development”, the Conference was organized by the Global Development Network (GDN) in collaboration with Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) and Future Earth, gathering a total of 360 participants from 70 countries.
The two-day conference comprised four Plenary Sessions and three Parallel Sessions, fostering robust and in-depth discussions on eight thematic streams. The discussions emphasized the importance of conserving Earth's biodiversity and leveraging nature-based solutions, specifically focusing on the ambitious Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.