Climate Politics
Stalled UN Nature Talks to Resume in Rome for Three-Day Sprint
After last year’s COP16 reached an impasse, negotiators will make a second attempt to agree on funding to halt the global loss of biodiversity.
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Global biodiversity talks that collapsed in November will resume Tuesday in Rome, with delegates from about 150 nations expected to try to smooth over differences and agree on how to advance toward 2030 targets to halt catastrophic nature loss.
The 16th United Nations Biodiversity Conference, COP16, held in Cali, Colombia, ended abruptly after countries disagreed in overtime talks about the creation of a new global nature fund.