Countries are convening in Colombia to debate how they will achieve wide-ranging targets to stem biodiversity loss and how they plan to pay for it

By Alek Buttermann As the COP16 biodiversity summit kicks off in Cali, Colombia, global leaders and experts have gathered to address the alarming decline in the planet’s biodiversity. With nearly 200 countries represented,

The Jane Goodall Institute is attending the UN Biodiversity Summit (COP16) – which opened on October 21st in Cali, Colombia – as an official observer. We call on all parties to take decisive actions to support healthy ecosystems,

The United Nations 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity has officially kicked off in Cali, Colombia. It is the first Biodiversity COP since the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at COP 15 in December 2022 in Montreal,

Delegates from almost 200 countries are gathering this week in Cali, Colombia, for the biennial United Nations summit on biodiversity.

Countries are expected to submit those national biodiversity plans, known as NBSAPs, by the start of the Cali summit that runs from Oct. 21 to Nov. 1. Delegates will use the submissions to gauge how much progress has been made since the COP15 summit in 2022 and what needs to be prioritized going forward.

During this month's U.N. Biodiversity Summit, known as COP16, in the Colombian city of Cali, nearly 200 countries will be debating how they can save nature from the current rapid rate of destruction.