From redirecting environmentally harmful subsidies to mobilizing $200 billion annually for conservation efforts, the COP16 to-do list is long and challenging. Success will require real leadership.

More than half of the world's total GDP is at least moderately dependent on nature. Yet arguably, there is no economy (or ...

Cop16: What is the UN nature summit and what will negotiations involve? Here are answers to key questions about the Cop16 conference on biodiversity.

Countries and companies meeting in Cali face tough questions over funding for biodiversity, indigenous rights and who pays for nature’s genetic bounty.

By Alexa Theodoropoulos For me, COP16—the 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference—was a whirlwind of negotiations, schoolwork, side events, schoolwork, networking, and wait, have I mentioned ...

World At COP16, Colombia seeks to lead by example on biodiversity As one of the world’s most biodiverse countries, Colombia is determined to lead by example when it hosts an upcoming UN summit ...

Factbox-COP16: From Forests to Oceans, Nature in a Dire State By Jake Spring (Reuters) - Global destruction of nature has reached unprecedented extremes. As the United Nations two-week COP16 ...

One of COP16’s most significant achievements was the creation of the “Cali Fund,” a pioneering mechanism to share benefits from digital sequence information (DSI) on genetic resources. This fund ...

Just over 75 percent of the world's land has been left "permanently drier" over the previous three decades, a UN-backed report coinciding with COP16 talks on desertification in Saudi Arabia said ...

Experts say that COP16 must raise pressure ahead of November's COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, for better recognition of the role of nature in fighting climate change.

Nearly 200 countries gather at COP16 to discuss meeting 2022 treaty pledges Environmental leaders convene in Cali, Colombia, to debate how to save nature from current rate of destruction and live ...

For COP16 chair and Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Susana Muhamad, the theme of Peace with Nature means understanding that climate change and restoring nature are both sides ...