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UN COP16 biodiversity summit kicks off in Colombia

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The Conference of the Parties on Biological Diversity, COP16, has commenced in Cali, Colombia, bringing together representatives from over 175 countries to negotiate solutions to address the alarming rate of biodiversity loss. The conference aims to safeguard biodiversity and protect the planet's natural resources. Key points of discussion include the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, which aims to protect ecosystems and species by 2030, and the creation of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Trust Fund to support countries in achieving these goals.

  1. PT
    António Guterres
    United Nations
    1. Those profiting from nature must contribute to its protection and restoration.
    2. We must leave Cali with … commitments to mobilise other sources of public and private finance.
    3. A collapse in nature's services -- such as pollination, and clean water -- would see the global economy lose trillions of dollars a year, with the poorest hardest hit.
  2. CO
    Gustavo Petro
    United Socialist Party
    1. We are all nervous [hoping] nothing bad happens because it is the biggest international event that Colombia has hosted.
  3. CO
    Alejandro Eder
    1. We have been working since February to safeguard the city of Cali.
    2. We have more than 10,000 police officers, we also have detachments of the Colombian Armed Forces guarding the entire perimeter of the city.
  4. CO
    Susana Muhamad
    1. What is at stake is actually another wave of extinction, which could be the sixth general extinction on Earth.
    2. When we destroy biodiversity, we are destroying the very links that help the system to reproduce life.
    3. Never before have so many heads of state attended a COP on biodiversity.
  5. GB
    Gavin Edwards
    Nature Positive
    1. COP16 is an opportunity to re-energise and remind everybody of their commitments two years ago and start to course correct if we're going to get anywhere close to 2030 targets being achieved.
  6. GB
    Jane Goodall
    1. The time for words and false promises is past if we want to save the planet.
  7. CO
    Javier Revelo-Rebolledo
    University of the Rosary
    1. Unlike in Brazil, where deforestation is essentially carried out by large agro-industrial operators exporting soya or meat, in Colombia, it results from the actions of a wide range of players, from small farmers to large land speculators, drug traffickers and armed groups.
  8. US
    Andrew Miller
    Amazon Watch
    1. So that's one of the things that we'll be looking for at COP16.
    2. A lot of discourse has been given about the voices of local communities … Indigenous peoples really playing a key role.

COP16 (Biodiversity)

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sources

  1. 1.France 24
  2. 2.Le Monde
  3. 3.Al Jazeera
  4. 4.The New York Times
  5. 5.El Paìs
  6. 6.Agence France-Presse
  7. 7.Associated Press
  8. 8.El Pais
  9. 9.Reuters
  10. 10.Times

perspectives

  1. 1.Multilateralism
  2. 2.Biodiversity
  3. 3.Spanish Foreign Policy
  4. 4.Amazon Deforestation
  5. 5.Colombia under Gustavo Petro
  6. 6.Colombian Armed Groups

countries

  1. 1.ColombiaCO
  2. 2.BrazilBR
  3. 3.CanadaCA
  4. 4.FranceFR
  5. 5.United KingdomGB
  6. 6.United StatesUS
  7. 7.Holy See (Vatican City State)VA

organizations

  1. 1.Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
  2. 2.Campaign for Nature
  3. 3.Estado Mayor Central
  4. 4.International Union for Conservation of Nature
  5. 5.United Nations
  6. 6.UN Office on Drugs and Crime
  7. 7.Amazon Watch
  8. 8.Colombian Armed Forces
  9. 9.French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development
  10. 10.Global Biodiversity Framework Fund
  11. 11.Guacamaya Association of Ecological Farmer Breeders
  12. 12.Iddri

persons

  1. 1.Susana MuhamadCO
  2. 2.Alejandro EderCO
  3. 3.António GuterresPT
  4. 4.Gustavo PetroCO
  5. 5.Andrew MillerUS
  6. 6.Catrin Einhorn
  7. 7.Danilo AvilaCO
  8. 8.Gavin EdwardsGB
  9. 9.Jane GoodallGB
  10. 10.Javier Revelo-RebolledoCO
  11. 11.Jose MendezCO
  12. 12.Marie-Gabrielle PikettyFR

technicals

  1. 1.COP15
  2. 2.Conference of the Parties
  3. 3.UN Convention on Biological Diversity
  4. 4.Nagoya Protocol
  5. 5.Cartagena Protocol
  6. 6.COP16
  7. 7.Global Stocktake
  8. 8.Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
  9. 9.National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans
  10. 10.Peace with Nature
UN COP16 biodiversity summit kicks off in Colombia