PRESS RELEASE The Cali Fund launches in the margins of the resumed session of COP16 By leveraging funding from the private sector, the Fund ushers in a new era for biodiversity finance Companies ...

COP16 biodiversity talks to restart in February: U.N. The largest summit yet on biodiversity - the so-called COP16 talks in Cali, Colombia - were aimed at boosting efforts to protect nature from ...

The UN’s Biodiversity Summit (COP16) took place from 22 October – 8 November this year in Cali, Colombia, bringing together 196 government representatives to discuss the future of global ...

The UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP16 held in Cali, Colombia from 21 October to 1 November was set to be a key moment to drive implementation and iron out details of the Global ...

The COP16 biodiversity summit took place just weeks before the UN climate conference COP29, and the expectation is that discussions on protecting nature will continue there.

COP16 also saw unprecedented participation from the public, including in the CBD’s first Green Zone in Cali. “One of Colombia’s main goals was to bring together diverse community voices from around ...

A fairer deal for nature and communities: new ‘Cali Fund’ will see companies share profits from nature’s genetics In another historic step forward, COP16 agreed to establish the Cali Fund, a new ...

Cali COP16 takeaways: Pharma, cosmetic, biotech giants to pay share of profits By Jayashree Nandi Nov 05, 2024 09:28 AM IST ...

Here’s a deeper look at the outcomes: 1. Major wins: innovation, Indigenous Leadership, and new conservation tools The Cali Fund for benefit-sharing One of COP16’s most significant achievements was ...

Negotiations at COP16, the 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference, in Cali, Colombia collapsed in overtime on Saturday morning as many governments had to leave to catch flights.

India successfully intervenes at COP16 in Cali to ensure national laws are respected in a new global mechanism for sharing benefits from digital genetic information. Although the summit made ...