The resumed UN biodiversity summit, COP16, came to an end last week in Rome, with headline decisions on finance and implementation in what observers called a “win for multilateralism”.
The talks, which started in October, had to be carried forward to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization headquarters following their abrupt end in Cali, Colombia.
The resumed negotiations were a much more restrained affair than previous COPs, with around 1,000 attendees in Rome, compared to more than 14,000 in Cali.
In Rome, delegates were able to agree on many of the agenda items that were left unresolved in Cali, including a strategy for mobilising finance, a roadmap for establishing a permanent mechanism for biodiversity funding and the process for reviewing their progress against the global biodiversity targets.
Carbon Brief’s specialist team of food, land and nature journalists – who spent last week following the negotiations closely, both remotely and on-the-ground in Rome – held a webinar shortly after the talks wrapped to explain where countries found consensus on the remaining agenda items.
They also answered audience questions about the roadmap for establishing a new fund, the level of ambition in countries’ biodiversity plans and how the decisions in Rome might influence how COP30 plays out later this year.
The webinar featured the following Carbon Brief journalists:
- Dr Giuliana Viglione, section editor for food, land and nature
- Daisy Dunne, associate editor
- Aruna Chandrasekhar, food, land and nature journalist
- Orla Dwyer, food, land and nature journalist
- Yanine Quiroz, food, land and nature journalist
A recording of the webinar (below) is now available to watch on YouTube.
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Webinar: Key outcomes from the resumed UN COP16 biodiversity summit
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