Global environmental leaders are assessing the world’s plummeting biodiversity levels and commitments by countries to protect plants, animals and critical habitats.
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.
The opening ceremony featured songs, dances, and rituals symbolising the relationship between water, land, and people. President Petro is calling on the United States, China, and Europe to impose interest surcharges only on countries that can afford it. Linda Krueger, biodiversity director at The Nature Conservancy, says evidence clearly shows a significant decline in the number and range of many wild species around the world.
Key outcomes included the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, aiming to protect 30 per cent of the world’s land and oceans and recover 30 per cent of degraded ecosystems by 2030.
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