International Institute for Environment and Development9d
Compromises, challenges and more unfinished business at COP16’s reconvened biodiversity talks
At the end of February, the 16th Conference of Parties on the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16) reconvened in Rome ...
Nations agree on plan to finance nature protection
Nations at the UN's COP16 talks on biodiversity have agreed on a plan to find at least $US200 billion per year from a range of sources to protect nature.
ODI27d
COP16: what went wrong in Cali and what needs to happen in Rome?
Last November, the biodiversity negotiations hosted by Colombia ended in disarray. COP16 resumes on the 25th of February in ...
International Institute for Environment and Development16d
COP16 in Rome agrees way forward on biodiversity
The resumed meeting of the parties to the COP16 Global Biodiversity Conference was held between 25 and 27 February 2025 in Rome, Italy to address agenda items left unresolved. Various agreements on ...
Born Free Foundation12d
UN nature talks yield modest progress, wildlife continues to bear the burden
Outcomes agreed at a resumed biodiversity conference in Rome, including a resolution on finance, provided a gleam of hope – ...
Devex21d
At COP16 take two, delegates aim to finalize funding for biodiversity
or CBD COP16, which took place in October in Cali, Colombia. The conference last October left all the important negotiations until the last minute, and a lack of consensus pushed talks two days ...
webtv.un.org20d
The Cali Fund launches in the margins of the resumed session of COP16
Rome, 25 February 2025 – In a major development under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Cali Fund for the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits from the use of Digital Sequence ...
EurekAlert!26d
Key side events from UNCBD’s COP16 now available online: Discussion on the role of the science-policy interface in biodiversity
Beyond high-level negotiations, COP16 provided an invaluable platform ... in shaping effective biodiversity policies under the CBD framework. The four projects co-organized two side events at ...
Mongabay24d
UN biodiversity decision 16/2 is ‘unencumbered by economic thinking’ (analysis)
with what they will pay. Here’s a recording of a recent webinar discussing the CBD COP16 decision on DSI: Who will pay what in UNCBD Decision 16/2 to ‘operationalize’ Decision 15/9 ...
Devex16d
Circus minimus: What happened at COP16 2.0 in Rome
Despite focused negotiations and a last-minute deal, COP16.2 in Rome left many key financial questions unresolved, pushing one of the biggest decisions on biodiversity funding to 2028. Read more in ...
Hosted on MSN26d
New arena, new attitudes? Cash spat in spotlight at UN nature talks
Their last attempt, in November, ended in disarray: the 16th Conference of Parties (COP16), held in Colombia ... UN's Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) were invited to three days of ...
Novethic16d
Biodiversité : l’accord sur les financements à la COP16 redonne de l’élan au multilatéralisme
En trois jours, les Etats réunis pour l'acte 2 de la COP16 Biodiversité ont réussi à trouver un accord sur la question clé ...