COP16

October 21, 2024 8:30 PM

World lags on 2030 nature goals headed into UN COP16 talks

The world in 2022 reached its most ambitious deal ever to halt the destruction of nature by decade's end. Two years later, countries are already behind on meeting their goals. As nearly 200 nations meet on Monday for a two-week U.N. biodiversity summit, COP16, in Cali, Colombia, they will be under pressure to prove their support for the goals laid out in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework agreement. A top concern for countries and companies is how to pay for conservation, with...

COP16 kicks off in Colombia with opening ceremony

The two-week COP16 biodiversity summit kicked off in Colombia on Sunday with an opening ceremony flanked by Colombian officials and representatives of indigenous peoples. During the summit, officials aim to halt the rapid destruction of nature which has reached unprecedented extremes globally in 2024. Running until November 1, the summit aims to negotiate the next steps in implementing the landmark 2022 Kunming-Montreal accord - likened to the Paris Agreement on climate change, but for nature ...