The resumed meeting of the parties to the COP16 Global Biodiversity Conference was held between 25 and 27 February 2025 in Rome, Italy to address agenda items left unresolved. Various agreements on biodiversity were adopted at the end of the three days. Anna Ducros, researcher in inclusive blue and green economy at IIED, said:

COP16 talks in Rome yielded agreement on funding nature restoration in poorer countries — but some details remain vague.

As the resumed UN biodiversity conference (COP16.2) in Rome drew to a close tonight, WWF applauds the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, as well as the COP16 Presidency, for delivering a hard-fought resolution this week on biodiversity finance.

More than 140 countries at the Cop16 agree on a financing plan to help reverse dramatic losses in biodiversity.

I welcome the positive outcome of the global biodiversity negotiations in Rome. An agreement has been reached on all outstanding issues. We have

Global leaders and biodiversity experts have reconvened in Rome for the continuation of the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), with financing nature conservation high on the agenda.

The second round of COP16 concluded in the early hours of Friday in Rome with an agreement to close the global biodiversity finance gap.

WWF warns that if countries heading to Rome for the resumed UN biodiversity conference (COP16.2) cannot agree on a way forward on finance, it will be a major setback for the Global Biodiversity Framework, with critical fundraising efforts hampered to implement the targets – just five years away from the deadline.