The UN nature summit COP16 recently concluded in Cali, Colombia, with key decisions on Indigenous representation and the use of genetic resources overshadowed by the abrupt end to the proceedings.
The summit was both the largest-ever and the longest-ever, running over its scheduled end time by more than 14 hours.
As a result of the overrun, many developing country delegates had to depart before the end of the talks, leading to a loss of quorum before key decisions on finance and monitoring progress were taken.
Carbon Brief’s specialist team of food, land and nature journalists – who spent two weeks reporting from the ground at COP16 – held a webinar shortly after the talks wrapped to explain where key countries landed on different negotiating items, the major outcomes of the summit and what, exactly, is going to happen next.
They also answered a range of audience questions about the use of genetic resources, biodiversity and climate change, and biodiversity-harmful subsidies.
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 UN’s COP16 biodiversity summit
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Sydney, Thursday 19 March 2026 — In response to escalating attacks on gas fields in the Middle East, including Israeli strikes on Iran’s giant South Pars gas field and Iranian retaliations on gas fields in Qatar and Saudi Arabia, the following lines can be attributed to Solaye Snider, Campaigner at Greenpeace Australia Pacific:
“The targeting of gas fields across the Middle East is a perilous escalation that reinforces just how vulnerable our fossil-fuelled world really is.
“Oil and gas have long been used as tools of power and coercion by authoritarian regimes. They cause climate chaos and environmental pollution and they drive conflict and war. The energy security of every nation still hooked on gas, including Australia, is under direct threat.
“For countries that are reliant on gas imports, like Sri Lanka, Pakistan and South Korea, this crisis is just getting started. It can take months to restart a gas export facility once it is shut down, meaning the shockwaves of these strikes will be felt for a long time to come.
“It is a gross and tragic injustice that while civilians are killed and lose their homes to this escalating violence, and families struggle with a tightening cost-of-living, gas giants like Woodside and Santos have seen their share prices surge on the prospect of windfall war profits.
“We must break this cycle. Transitioning to local renewable energy is the way to protect Australian households from the inherent volatility of fossil fuels like gas.”
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Media contact: Lucy Keller on 0491 135 308 or lkeller@greenpeace.org
Greenpeace response to escalating attacks on gas fields in Middle East
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