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President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, announces the city of Cali as the host for the United Nations Biodiversity COP16.. The UNCBD COP16 was originally set to be held in Turkey; [5] however, on July 31, 2023, the conference's organizing committee notified Parties that the country had decided to give up its right to host and preside the event, due to "a force majeure situation" caused by the ...
It is colloquially known as the “Nature Cop” because it focuses on protecting and restoring biodiversity. This year, it is taking place in Cali, Colombia, from October 21 to November 1.
As the United Nations two-week COP16 biodiversity summit kicks off on Monday in Cali, Colombia, here is what you need to know about nature's rapid decline - and its importance to the global ...
The Convention's Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, created in 2010, include the Aichi Biodiversity Targets. The meetings of the Parties to the Convention are known as Conferences of the Parties (COP), with the first one (COP 1) held in Nassau, Bahamas, in 1994 and the most recent one (COP 16) in 2024 in Cali, Colombia. [2]
Nearly 200 countries convened in the Colombian city of Cali aiming to implement the 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework agreement, which aims to halt the rapid decline of nature by ...
At the 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference of the Parties to the CBD in Cali (COP16), a decision was made to establish the Cali Fund, to which industries that use DSI, like pharma, cosmetics, nutraceuticals, and biotech, will be expected to contribute a small portion of their profits to support global biodiversity conservation. [15]
The South American nation later this month will host the U.N. COP16 biodiversity summit aimed at halting the rapid destruction of nature, with Muhamad serving as the conference's president.
According to the stocktake report, the agreement has a significant effect: while in 2010 the expected temperature rise by 2100 was 3.7–4.8 °C, at COP 27 it was 2.4–2.6°C and if all countries will fulfill their long-term pledges even 1.7–2.1 °C. Despite it, the world is still very far from reaching the aim of the agreement: limiting ...