The 16th World Biodiversity Conference opens on October 21 in Colombia, with the central issue being the implementation of the 2022 agreement, which aims to halt the loss of species and ecosystems by 2030.

As nearly 200 countries meet for the summit in Colombia, they will be under pressure to prove their support for the goals laid out in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework agreement

Countries gather for UN biodiversity summit to negotiate halting nature crisis - Countries are gathering to negotiate on how to halt and reverse the global declines in nature for the UN biodiversity summit Cop16 in Colombia.