COP16 confronts "huge" challenge of protecting 30% of world's …
1 day ago · The global target to protect at least 30% of the world’s land and water ecosystems by 2030 faces “huge” challenges, a top facilitator of UN biodiversity talks warned ahead of the COP16 summit starting next week in the Colombian city of Cali. According to the UN’s biodiversity agency, only 29 countries – out of 196 – have so far ...
STATEMENT: UN Biodiversity Summit COP16 Kicks Off in Colombia
18 hours ago · COP16. Cali, Colombia (October 18, 2024) — Countries will soon gather at the 16th UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16) in Cali, Colombia, which kicks off on October 21. This will be the first biodiversity summit since countries adopted a landmark plan to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 at COP15 in Montreal in 2022 — the Kunming ...
COP16: What is biodiversity and how are we protecting it? - Yahoo News
2 hours ago · The United Nations biodiversity summit, known as COP16, comes amid growing concerns over plummeting populations of plants and animals, and damage to the habitats that sustain life on earth, from forests to rivers and oceans. At the last UN global summit on biodiversity, held in December 2022, nearly 200 countries signed up to an ambitious plan ...
COP16: From forests to oceans, nature in a dire state
12 hours ago · The World Bank estimates that the collapse of certain ecosystem services, such as fisheries or native forests, could cost the world economy $2.7 trillion annually by 2030, about 2.3% of global ...
Devex Newswire: What to watch at the COP16 biodiversity summit
7 hours ago · Discussions on indigenous rights, nature’s DNA ownership, and financing biodiversity recovery are top of the agenda next week at COP16 in Colombia. Plus, the Pandemic Fund eyes emergency ...
Five key issues the world will discuss at COP16 - UNEP-WCMC
A successful COP16 would be one that delivers on the remaining commitments from the UN Biodiversity Conference in 2022 and provides countries with the necessary guidance and support to fully and effectively implement all aspects of the Global Biodiversity Framework. The task at hand is ambitious but achievable. Neville Ash, Director of UNEP-WCMC
Pressure grows for countries to deliver on promised biodiversity ...
2 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 ...
5 Key Issues for the 2024 Biodiversity Summit (COP16) | World …
Sep 30, 2024 · The key question at COP16 is how countries will fulfill their pledge to protect at least 30% of the world's land and water and restore 30% of degraded ecosystems by 2030, as they agreed in 2022 under the landmark Global Biodiversity Framework.
Convention on Biological Diversity
COP 16 will be the first Biodiversity COP since the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at COP 15 in December 2022 in Montreal, Canada. At COP 16, governments will be tasked with reviewing the state of implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
CBD, COP16, and the grand plan for biodiversity
Aug 15, 2024 · Countries agreed on a new “Global Biodiversity Framework” with the express goal of halting and reversing global biodiversity loss. The plan includes 23 global targets that the world must achieve by 2030 for a chance at success.
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