Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

China's Minister of Ecology and Environment Huang Runqiu shakes hands with Colombia's Environment Minister Susana Muhamad during the opening plenary of the 16th United Nations Biodiversity Summit (COP16), in Yumbo, Colombia October 21, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez
Climate Change

Leaders urge world to pay up to save nature as COP16 talks open

"The planet doesn't have time to lose," COP16 President Susana Muhamad told the opening meeting in Cali, southwest of Bogota

FILE PHOTO: A sea turtle is seen in the Dalyan river near Iztuzu Beach near Dalyan in Mugla province, Turkey August 12, 2019. Picture taken August 12, 2019. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/File Photo
World+Biz

Analysis-UN nature deal can help wildlife as long as countries deliver