As the meeting concluded late Thursday in Rome, participants stood up and applauded the outcomes. “The applause is for all of you. You have done an amazing job,” said the COP16 president, Susana Muhamad of Colombia. COP16’s successful conclusion is ...

By Justin Catanoso Indigenous peoples and local communities scored perhaps the most tangible progress as the 16 United Nations, or COP16 concluded after three days of final negotiations in Rome on Feb.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. An annual United Nations conference on biodiversity that ran out of time last year will resume its work ...

A gathering of countries in Rome this week agreed a plan to generate $200 billion in finance a year by 2030 to halt and begin to reverse the destruction of the natural world.

Taking place from February 25 to 27 in Rome, the meeting will focus on critical areas left unresolved in Colombia during the first part of COP16. The negotiations were suspended after a marathon closing plenary, which was ultimately halted by COP16 ...

The world's biggest nature conservation conference resumed in Rome today, Tuesday, in a bid to overcome a deadlock between northern and southern countries over funding. Negotiations collapsed last year,

Delegates at global biodiversity talks in Rome agreed on a framework for monitoring environmental commitments and other measures.

The continued meeting of the parties to the COP16 Global Biodiversity Conference in Rome ended on February 27, 2025

Rich and poor countries are battling over who will fund nature conservation in the shadow of a radically anti-green U.S. administration.

Susana Muhamad, Colombia's former environment minister and the COP16 president, said she's hopeful of “a good message from Rome.” “That message is that still, even with a very fragmented ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — An annual United Nations conference on biodiversity that ran out of time last year will resume its work Tuesday in Rome with money at the top of the agenda. That is ...