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Bangladesh

Bangladesh highlights women's leadership in sustainable land management at UNCCD COP16

Women leadership and their active participation are also vital for combating desertification and building climate resilience, Environment Secretary Dr Farhina Ahmed says

Cali, Colombia, November 1, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Camilo Rodriguez

Environment

Public funding for nature conservation stalls at COP16

Jhajayra Machoa Mendua, leader of the A'I Cofan nationality, speaks during a press conference at the 16th United Nations Biodiversity Summit (COP16), in Yumbo, Colombia October 31, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

World+Biz

UN nature summit agrees on payments for use of genetic information

Environment

Ecuador's Indigenous defenders face growing threats, activists say at UN summit

Colombian President Gustavo Petro speaks at the opening of the 16th United Nations Biodiversity Summit in Cali, Colombia October 20, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez/File Photo

Environment

Countries launch nature coalition at UN COP16 talks

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a meeting with trade union representatives at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil January 18, 2023. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

World+Biz

Brazil's Lula cancels trip to COP16, COP29 after head injury

A person walks through the Valle del Pacifico event center, ahead of the 16th United Nations Biodiversity Summit (COP16), in Cali, Colombia October 20, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Juan David Duque/File Photo

Climate Change

UN nature talks debate rules for genetic information. What does that mean?

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

Colombia's Environment Minister Susana Muhamad and other participants attend the opening plenary of the 16th United Nations Biodiversity Summit (COP16), in Yumbo, Colombia October 21, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

Climate Change