With COP16, the biodiversity COP, kicking off this week, the biggest question on the agenda is how to fund nature recovery and restoration.

Can Colombia be a global climate leader? Despite obstacles to implementing national-level conservation measures, Colombia is still determined to spearhead global climate action as it hosts COP16.

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.

COP16 on biodiversity ends without agreement on crucial issues While significant progress was made on the issues of genetic resources and indigenous peoples, negotiations failed to reach agreement ...

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

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.

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.

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 ...

COP16 to combat desertification kicks off in Riyadh Following the biodiversity and climate conventions, a United Nations conference began in Saudi Arabia on Monday. Its goal is to put the ...

As the United Nations two-week COP16 biodiversity summit kicks off on Monday in Cali, Colombia, here is what you need to know about nature’s rapid decline – and its importance to the global ...

UN COP16 Nature Talks Gridlocked as Conservation Funding Trickles In By Jake Spring and Oliver Griffin CALI, Colombia (Reuters) -Countries were at an impasse over how to fund conservation and ...