COP16: UN Biodiversity Conference resumes work in Rome

The UN Biodiversity Conference, also known as COP16, is set to resume its work in Rome Tuesday.

The conference achieved some significant progress when it last met in Cali, Colombia, in November 2024, but the talks ran out of time.

Georgina Chandler, head of policy and campaigns for the Zoological Society London, said: “Discussions ran out of time (in Colombia), specifically on the finance agenda item, because that was particularly…