China news network, May 7, according to Japan's Kyodo news agency reported that the meeting of the Group of Seven (G7) environment ministers held in Metz, northeast France, adopted the Metz Charter on the protection of biological diversity on the 6th, ending the two-day agenda. The charter proposed to speed up the adoption of measures to prevent damage to biodiversity and help formulate and implement conservation targets after 2020.

Although the United States joined the adoption of the charter, it is reported that in the part of the joint statement of the meeting on climate change, it expressed a different position from the other six countries.

On biodiversity, the 2010 Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya adopted a conservation target by 2020, but the United Nations Organization of scientists issued an assessment report on June 6, saying that the current situation is not able to meet the target. At next year's conference, the task will be to set a new target for the period after 2020.

In a joint statement, the six countries except the United States said they would push ahead with measures based on the Paris Agreement, an international framework, while the United States reconfirmed its intention to withdraw from the accord.

In addition, on tackling plastic waste in the oceans, the statement said that "innovative approaches are needed to significantly reduce the amount of waste discarded". Japan's Environment Minister Yoshiaki Harada said at a press conference after the meeting, "We will strive to establish a practical framework that includes emerging markets and developing countries at the G20 summit in June."

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