Companies engaged in these activities refer to the production or use of forest-risk commodities such as palm oil, soy, beef, ...

UN species conservation conference in Rome agrees on a financing plan for the coming years after all.

Delegates at global biodiversity talks in Rome agreed on a framework for monitoring environmental commitments and other measures.

COP16 in Riyadh has been a turning point in raising international awareness of the pressing need to accelerate land restoration and drought resilience," said COP16 Presidency Advisor Faqeeha.

COP16 has highlighted the urgent link between desertification, land degradation and drought — which are worsening forced migration and threatening global stability.

Nearly 40% of global grasslands are degraded, and their restoration and protection is essential, says WWF’s Leonie Meier.

The recent COP16 biodiversity conference in Colombia was a chance to check on targets aimed at rescuing the world’s threatened plants and animals. There were some successes but, ultimately, it did not ...

The largest summit yet on biodiversity -- the so-called COP16 talks in Cali, Colombia -- were aimed at boosting efforts to protect nature from deforestation, overexploitation, climate change and ...

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 ...

The COP16 draft agreement did not discuss this pressing issue that is imperative for green energy transition and the journey towards net zero.

Following extensive talks, government negotiators at COP16 adopted a long awaited decision on ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs). Eight years in the making, this decision ...