Quotes from Xi: 'If we humanity do not fail Nature, Nature will not fail us'

May 22 marks the International Day for Biological Diversity. President Xi Jinping has been a strong advocate for protecting biodiversity and building a shared future for all life. "If we humanity do not fail Nature, Nature will not fail us," Xi said in a keynote speech via video link at the leaders' summit for the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) on October 12, 2021.