COP16 Archives - Ocean and Coastal Futures

05 Nov 2024

Key issues left unresolved at Biodiversity summit

The world’s largest biodiversity summit, known as COP16, concluded in some disarray. There were several landmark decisions, but also lack of agreement on some key issues. It was agreed that: Companies profiting from nature’s genetic data should pay towards its protection through a global fund The fund, to be known as the Cali fund after […]

22 Oct 2024

Ocean protection has increased by just 0.5% since landmark Biodiversity COP

Marine News

As global leaders head to the U.N. Biodiversity Conference (COP16) , a new report has issued a stark warning: The world is falling short of its pledge to protect 30 percent of the ocean by 2030. The “30×30” target, agreed at the COP15 UN Biodiversity Conference in 2022, is the most ambitious conservation commitment ever made. However, the report […]