Biodiversity, Cali Cop16 kicks off to save nature
It will run until 1 November and aims to find the financial resources to protect the planet's biodiversity. Focus on monitoring mechanisms
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High-level plenary sessions, working groups and side events. And one goal: to preserve and sustainably manage biodiversity. These are the strong points that characterise Cop16, the UN Conference on Biodiversity being held in Cali, Colombia, from 21 October to 1 November. An event that, as the manifesto states, represents 'a commitment to Peace with Nature, through the acceleration of territorial planning as a participatory process; the protection of environmental defenders; the relationship between ecological restoration and the revitalisation of regional economies to generate a new line that contributes to the country's GDP'. Not forgetting 'the potential of the biodiversity economy to counter illicit economies; the relationship between territorial rights and environmental conservation processes of indigenous peoples, blacks, Afro-descendants, raizales, palenqueros, Roma, peasants, women, youth and citizens in general'.
The programme
.On the agenda are therefore 12 days of work to 'help humanity make peace with nature'. The purpose of the conference is to consolidate the commitments made in 2022 duringCop15 (Kunming-Montreal), in which 196 governments from around the world approved the 'Global Biodiversity Framework' (GBF): that is, the pathway that aims to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2050.
The conference will focus on assessing countries' progress in implementing the Global Biodiversity Framework targets, which include conserving 30 per cent of the world's land and oceans by 2030, reducing pollution and promoting the sustainable use of natural resources.
One of the central themes of the Cop will be the financial resources needed to achieve 'the ambitious targets set out in the Global Biodiversity Framework and where and from whom to obtain these resources'.
Monitoring Mechanisms
.One area of negotiation will be on mechanisms for monitoring and reporting on the progress of biodiversity targets. In addition, 'the conference will address issues of access to genetic resources and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from their utilisation, a principle known as Access and Benefit-Sharing'.
