Acknowledging the growing threats to the environment and the need to act in an ambitious and concerted manner at the global level to better ensure its protection, Reaffirming the Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, adopted in Stockholm on 16 June 1972, the World Charter for Nature adopted on 28 October 1982 and the Declaration of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, adopted in Rio on 14 June 1992,
Recalling their commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 25 September 2015