Although the COP16 summit in Colombia ended with some important agreements, countries still aren’t moving fast enough to stem ...

The world is charging towards tipping points for species extinctions, ecosystem collapse and loss of genetic diversity.

The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, or COP16, ended on Nov. 2. Several days before delegations from 177 ...

Delegates came to an agreement late Friday at the United Nations conference on biodiversity to establish a subsidiary body ...

COP16 also saw unprecedented participation from the public, including in the CBD’s first Green Zone in Cali. “One of Colombia ...

The international UN conference on biodiversity attempts to achieve key agreements, and fulfill prior ones ANALYSIS | ...

Regarding the equitable sharing of benefits from the use of genetic resource sequencing (DSI), corporations and companies using these resources agreed to make voluntary contributions to a global fund ...

Home to diverse ecosystems like primary forests, peatlands and mangroves, Africa nevertheless faces severe biodiversity ...

As the UN COP16 on biodiversity meets in Calì, Colombia, experts from McGill University are on-site, providing important input into the global conversation. These experts have been instrumental in ...

The two-week conference was suspended before a crucial agreement on funding for a new global fund for nature. However, ...

The United Nations biodiversity summit drew significant public attention, although some priority issues, such as biodiversity protection funding, were deferred. However, the event did achieve progress ...

While some progress was made, crucial decisions on protecting nature will be left until next year after the meeting ran out of time.