Rome, Biodiversity

Countries agree $200bn deal to protect nature at UN biodiversity talks in Rome
A make-or-break second meeting of COP16 delegates finally ended with a landmark agreement in the early hours of Friday morning. View on euronews
UN talks end in Rome with nations backing $200 billion a year plan to protect nature
Global negotiators concluded an extended session of the United Nations biodiversity conference, COP16, with key commitments on funds needed and the institutions through which the funds will be channeled to protect the world’s biodiversity.
Biodiversity deal agreed months after failed COP16 talks in Colombia
Months after the collapse of the COP16 biodiversity conference, the world’s nations have salvaged a funding deal to protect nature. Species around the globe are increasingly threatened: Scientists warn of the Earth’s “sixth mass extinction.”
At UN talks, nations agree to invest in plan to protect nature
Rich and developing countries work out a compromise on raising and delivering billions of dollars needed to protect species
In Rome, talks to protect Earth’s biodiversity resume with money topping the agenda
United Nations conference on biodiversity that ran out of time last year will resume its work Tuesday in Rome with money at the top of the agenda.
World agrees hard-fought nature funding plan at UN talks
Nations cheered a last-gasp deal to map out nature funding to 2030 Thursday, breaking a deadlock at UN talks seen as a test for international cooperation in the face of
devdiscourse7h
Rome's Global Plan: $200 Billion Annually to Reverse Biodiversity Loss
Countries convened in Rome have succeeded in agreeing on a financial plan to generate $200 billion annually by 2030 to ...
climatechangenews.com8h
UN biodiversity talks agree finance roadmap, pushing decision on a new fund to 2030
The resumed session of the COP16.2 UN biodiversity talks ended in Rome with an agreement on finance, a critical issue for ...
iied.org12h
COP16 in Rome agrees way forward on biodiversity
The resumed meeting of the parties to the COP16 Global Biodiversity Conference was held between 25 and 27 February 2025 in ...
UN News Centre3h
Global biodiversity agreement mobilises $200 billion boost for nature
Governments on Friday reached agreement on a strategy to raise an additional $200 billion each year to better protect the ...
E&E7h
Green diplomacy survives as UN strikes deal on biodiversity finance
COP16 talks in Rome yielded agreement on funding nature restoration in poorer countries — but some details remain vague.
Panda1d
Critical agreement to improve biodiversity financing at UN conference in Rome – but actual funding remains sparse, says WWF
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 ...
Devex8h
Circus minimus: What happened at COP16 2.0 in Rome
Despite focused negotiations and a last-minute deal, COP16.2 in Rome left many key financial questions unresolved, pushing one of the biggest decisions on biodiversity funding to 2028. Read more in ...
TheCable2d
Biodiversity financing takes centre stage as COP16 resumes in Rome
Global leaders and biodiversity experts have reconvened in Rome for the continuation of the 16th Conference of the Parties ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature2h
Salvation through harmony: Multilateralism revived with CBD COP16
A three-day meeting on the Convention on Biological Diversity that just wrapped up in Rome will go down in history as a ...