Delegates at global biodiversity talks in Rome agreed on a framework for monitoring environmental commitments and other measures.
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COP29 Climate Talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, Head Into Final Stretch
Senior ministers are arriving in an effort to break a deadlock over the summit’s main goal: funding to help lower-income countries hit hard by global warming.
COP16 Talks in Colombia Adopt a Novel Way to Pay for Conservation
Delegates at the U.N. talks created a system that would compensate countries for the use of genetic information but failed to make headway on a broader funding commitment.
One-Third of World’s Trees Face Extinction Risk, Report at COP16 Says
They play an essential role in supporting life on Earth, but many species are in decline, researchers found.
A Major Push to Protect Nature Is Happening Now
Delegates from around the world are meeting in Colombia in what is expected to be the biggest U.N. biodiversity conference in history.
Latest WWF Wildlife Survey Points to ‘Alarming’ Declines
The results from an important ongoing assessment look grim. But the survey is often misunderstood.
U.S. Plan to Protect Oceans Has a Problem, Some Say: Too Much Fishing
An effort to protect 30 percent of land and waters would count some commercial fishing zones as conserved areas.
How to Travel the World While Putting Nature First
In the wake of the U.N. biodiversity conference, Julia Simpson, the head of the World Travel and Tourism Council, discusses a new initiative called nature positive travel.
COP15 Biodiversity Talks: Countries Sign On to “30×30” Conservation Plan
Roughly 190 nations, aiming to halt a dangerous decline in biodiversity, agreed to preserve 30 percent of the planet’s land and seas. The United States is not officially a participant.
The World Comes to Montreal to Reverse a Rise in Species Extinction
A conversation with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the United Nations’ biodiversity negotiations in Montreal.