The latest UN biodiversity summit opens in Colombia; here’s ... - UN News
2 hours ago · The UN biodiversity summit known as COP16 officially opened in Colombia on Monday, ... Manuel Rodríguez Becerra, told UN News that one of the main challenges is to ensure that countries make more significant progress on their action plans. “Only 20 per cent of countries have presented these national plans two years [after] COP15, where this ...
A ‘people’s COP’ to heal the planet: UN biodiversity ... - UN News
15 hours ago · 20 October 2024 Climate and Environment. Secretary-General António Guterres urged delegations from some 190 countries to “make peace with nature” and shore up a plan to stop habitat loss, save endangered species, and preserve our planet’s precious ecosystems as the latest UN biodiversity summit got under way in Cali, Colombia on Sunday ...
Environmental delegates gather in Colombia for a conference on ...
19 hours ago · The two-week United Nations Biodiversity Conference, or COP16, is a follow-up to the 2022 Montreal meetings where 196 countries signed a historic global treaty to protect biodiversity. Police stand guard in front of a hotel a day ahead of the COP16 United Nations biodiversity conference, in host city Cali, Colombia, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024.
As UN conference nears, countries have made little progress ... - PBS
40 minutes ago · The agreement signed by 196 countries at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference calls for protecting 30 percent of land and water by 2030, known as 30 by 30. ... By PBS News Hour. Go Deeper ...
‘Convert Words into Action’, Secretary-General Urges as Biodiversity …
3 hours ago · ‘Convert Words into Action’, Secretary-General Urges as Biodiversity Conference Opens to Advance Earth Rescue Plan Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the opening ceremony of the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16), in Cali ...
UN biodiversity summit opens in Colombia with calls for action, …
3 hours ago · The Global Biodiversity Framework Fund was created last year to help countries achieve agreed UN targets to 'halt and reverse' the loss of nature by 2030. The world's biggest nature protection conference opened in Colombia on Monday with calls for urgent action and financing to reverse humankind's rapacious destruction of biodiversity.
Nearly 200 countries gather at COP16 to discuss meeting 2022 …
10 hours ago · The two-week United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16) starting on Monday is a follow-up to the 2022 Montreal meetings where 196 countries signed an ambitious global treaty, the Kunming ...
Pressure grows for countries to deliver on promised biodiversity ...
5 days ago · The agreement signed by 196 countries at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference calls for protecting 30% of land and water by 2030, known as 30 by 30. When the agreement was signed, 17% of terrestrial and 10% of marine areas were protected — which hasn’t changed significantly. At the conference known as COP16, countries next will report ...
Break free from pollution, climate chaos and ‘biodiversity ... - UN News
Jun 4, 2024 · The UN Secretary-General has called for safeguarding Earth’s vital ecosystems from rampant pollution, worsening climate impacts and “biodiversity decimation”.
UN biodiversity summit opens with call for 'significant' funding - Phys.org
11 hours ago · The Global Biodiversity Framework Fund was created last year to help countries achieve agreed UN targets to 'halt and reverse' the loss of nature by 2030.