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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5735/A22.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Historic Agreement Reached at UN Environment Meeting' data-article-id='6339'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10229'>Negotiators at a United Nations environmental conference in Canada reached a historic deal Monday. </span> <span data-start-time='10229' data-end-time='20250'>It aims to protect the world’s lands and oceans and provides financing to save biodiversity in the developing world.</span> <span data-start-time='20250' data-end-time='30063'>The agreement came on the final day of the U.N. Biodiversity Conference, or COP15, in Montreal.</span> <span data-start-time='30063' data-end-time='39667'>China, the president of COP15, offered a proposal Sunday that helped the negotiations move forward. </span> <span data-start-time='39667' data-end-time='46896'>Chinese Environment Minister Huang Runqiu spoke about it to the delegates. </span> <span data-start-time='46896' data-end-time='60792'>He said he believed the deal, in his words, can guide us as we all work together to halt and reverse biodiversity loss and put biodiversity on the path to recovery….</span> <span data-start-time='60792' data-end-time='65458'>Huang said that would be good for all the world’s peoples.</span> <span data-start-time='65458' data-end-time='71292'>The agreement’s most important term is known as 30 by 30. </span> <span data-start-time='71292' data-end-time='82292'>It is a promise to protect 30 percent of land and water considered important for biodiversity by the year 2030. </span> <span data-start-time='82292' data-end-time='88438'>Currently, such protection covers 17 percent of land.</span> <span data-start-time='88438' data-end-time='99250'>The deal also calls for raising $200 billion by 2030 for biodiversity financing from a number of sources. </span> <span data-start-time='99250' data-end-time='110396'>In addition, another goal is to work to end or change subsidies that could provide another $500 billion for nature. </span> <span data-start-time='110396' data-end-time='123104'>As part of the financing, the deal calls for increasing the money that goes to poor countries to at least $20 billion each year by 2025. </span> <span data-start-time='123104' data-end-time='130042'>That number would increase to $30 billion each year by 2030.</span> <span data-start-time='' data-end-time=''></span> <span data-start-time='' data-end-time=''></span> <span data-start-time='' data-end-time=''></span> <span data-start-time='' data-end-time=''></span> <span data-start-time='' data-end-time=''></span> <span data-start-time='' data-end-time=''></span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5735/A22.jpeg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=19120 data-hint-location='99250' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5735/which_of_the_following_is_a_definition_of_the_word_subsidies.wav'>Which of the following is a definition of the word subsidies?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='money that is paid usually by a government to keep the price of a product or service low or to help a business or organization to continue to function'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5735/money_that_is_paid_usually_by_a_government_to_keep_the_price_of_a_product_or_service_low_or_to_help_a_business_or_organization_to_continue_to_function.wav'><span>money that is paid usually by a government to keep the price of a product or service low or to help a business or organization to continue to function</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5735/a_warship_with_a_streamlined_hull_designed_to_operate_completely_submerged_in_the_sea_for_long_periods_equipped_with_a_periscope_and_typically_armed_with_torpedoes_or_missiles.wav'><span>a warship with a streamlined hull designed to operate completely submerged in the sea for long periods, equipped with a periscope and typically armed with torpedoes or missiles</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5735/a_sandwich_made_of_a_long_roll_typically_filled_with_meat_cheese_and_vegetables_such_as_lettuce_tomato_and_onions.wav'><span>a sandwich made of a long roll typically filled with meat, cheese, and vegetables such as lettuce, tomato, and onions</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5735/a_writ_ordering_a_person_to_attend_a_court.wav'><span>a writ ordering a person to attend a court</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=19121 data-hint-location='20250' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5735/where_was_the_un_biodiversity_conference_held.wav'>Where was the U.N. Biodiversity Conference held?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Montreal'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5735/montreal.wav'><span>Montreal</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5735/munich.wav'><span>Munich</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5735/mumbai.wav'><span>Mumbai</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5735/mexico_city.wav'><span>Mexico City</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=19122 data-hint-location='71292' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5735/it_is_a_promise_to_protect_30_percent_of_land_and__blank__considered_important_for_biodiversity_by_the_year_2030_.wav'>It is a promise to protect 30 percent of land and <span class='blank'>water</span> considered important for biodiversity by the year 2030. </div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='water'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5735/water.wav'><span>water</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5735/waiter.wav'><span>waiter</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5735/waltz.wav'><span>waltz</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5735/warmup.wav'><span>warmup</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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