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Companies won’t survive in a nature-depleted world – I’ve met the business owners who are taking action

After the conclusion of UN biodiversity conference Cop16, it was easy to feel disappointed. In Cali, Colombia, discussions fell short on how to monitor targets and progress remains slow. Despite agreements, Cop16 lacked urgency from governments and the UN on how to halt the crisis in the natural world.

The Conversation

Cop16: the world’s largest meeting to save nature has ended with no clear path ahead

Progress at the UN’s biodiversity summit, Cop16, in Cali, Colombia, has been slow. Frustratingly so.

The Conversation

First Thing: Trump election subversion efforts better organized than in 2020, experts warn

From seeding doubt about voter fraud to using legal means, the efforts stand in contrast to last election’s more haphazard efforts. Plus, authorities seize massive amounts of fentanyl in California

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Last-ditch Effort To Solve Funding Deadlock At Nature-saving Summit

Negotiators at the world's biggest nature conservation conference knuckled down in Cali, Colombia on Friday for a last-ditch effort to break a deadlock on funding for efforts to "halt and reverse" species loss.

International Business Times

Alarm grows over ‘disturbing’ lack of progress to save nature at Cop16

Fears raised that biodiversity summit not addressing countries’ failure to meet a single target to stem destruction of natural world

The Guardian - UK

Sex swings, dance poles and mirrored ceilings: ‘love motels’ provide last-minute rooms for Cop16 delegates

Thousands more people than expected are at the biodiversity summit in Cali, Colombia, and hotels are full – leading the city’s council to press less orthodox accommodation into service

The Guardian - UK

Big Guns Descend On Cali For Final Push In UN Biodiversity Talks

Heads of state, ministers and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrive in Cali Tuesday hoping to add impetus to grinding talks on ways to save nature from human destruction.

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Big guns descend on Cali for final push in UN biodiversity talks

Heads of state, ministers and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrive in Cali Tuesday hoping to add impetus to grinding talks on ways to save nature from human destruction.

Radio France Internationale

COP16 Chair Hails Biodiversity Attaining 'Equal Footing' With Climate Crisis

The world's biggest nature protection conference, under way in Cali, has placed biodiversity loss "on an equal footing" with the climate emergency, the meeting's Colombian president told AFP in an interview Monday.

International Business Times

Slight progress in global biodiversity protection efforts but some species decline, new reports find

Two reports on protecting biodiversity were released at a major UN summit on global biodiversity underway in Cali, Colombia

The Independent UK

As Colombia hosts a UN biodiversity summit, its own Amazonian rainforest is in crisis

The city of Cali, in Colombia, is hosting the UN’s 16th biodiversity summit, known as Cop16. The summit, which runs until Friday, November 1, is focused on how countries will fulfil previous pledges to protect at least 30% of the world’s land and water and restore 30% of degraded ecosystems…

The Conversation

Cop16: What is the UN nature summit and what will negotiations involve?

Here are answers to key questions about the Cop16 conference on biodiversity.

The Independent UK

Cote d'Ivoire has lost 'nearly 80 percent of its forest and wildlife cover'

How can we protect wild animals when the world's forest cover continues to shrink? This is just one of the many issues under discussion at the Cop16 biodiversity summit in Cali, Colombia. In West Africa, certain emblematic species such as the elephant are at risk of extinction. The head of…

Radio France Internationale

Global Leaders Meet In Colombia To Address Biodiversity Crisis

COP16 in Cali addresses global biodiversity decline, emphasizing Indigenous roles and urgent action for conservation.

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International Business Times

UN Chief Seeks 'Significant' Funding At Summit To Save Nature

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged "significant investment" in a fund created to safeguard Earth's biodiversity as he addressed delegates to the world's biggest nature protection conference in Cali, Colombia.

International Business Times

Countries Under Pressure To Fork Out For Nature At UN Conference

Thousands of delegates from around the world are descending on Colombia for a summit on halting humankind's rapacious destruction of nature, with host city Cali on high alert after threats from guerrilla groups.

The Conversation

Three ways the upcoming UN biodiversity summit could make a difference

When negotiations at Cop15 – the UN’s biodiversity conference – ended in December 2022, many delegates breathed a sigh of relief.

International Business Times

UN Biodiversity Summit In Colombia Aims To Turn Words Into Action

Two years after a landmark UN-brokered deal to protect nature from a massive wave of destruction, delegates will gather at a new COP in Colombia in late October to assess their progress.

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Woman & Home

Jennifer Aniston's red carpet hair proves how a small switch makes a big impact

Combining glossy 'Cali-girl' shine with an effortless side parting, Jennifer Aniston's Emmys hairstyle is the perfect low-maintenance look

Marie Claire

Meghan Markle’s Former College Roommate Posts Throwback Photo in Honor of the Duchess’ Dance Moves

“Salsa lessons with the then future-to-be #DuchessOfSussex, in college.”

The Independent UK

Harry and Meghan’s glossy Colombia tour ends on a high – but not everyone is convinced

The pair ended their tour in the once notorious cartel city of Cali

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Prince Harry And Meghan Advocate For Women In Colombia

Prince Harry and Meghan's Colombia tour focused on empowering Afro women, supporting social causes, and advocating for mental health and cyberbullying awar...

Marie Claire

Meghan Markle Pairs Sleeveless Shirt with Colorful Power Skirt, Highlighting Another Colombian Designer

She's a pro at diplomatic dressing.

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With the Lucid Air and now the Lucid Gravity, the Californian EV maker is redefining luxury

As the Lucid Gravity debuts, Derek Jenkins, Lucid Motors’ SVP of Brand and Design, discusses the EV company's approach to shaping high-end, high-performance electric cars

International Business Times

Colombia Rebels To Halt Attacks During UN Biodiversity Summit

Colombia's EMC guerrilla group said Thursday it would not launch attacks in the city of Cali during the upcoming COP16 UN biodiversity summit, as it had previously threatened.

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