Negotiators will now race against time to agree on how best to collect and distribute the funds necessary to implement the goals of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, a landmark nature pact adopted in December 2022.
Global biodiversity talks that collapsed in November 2024 will resume Tuesday in Rome, with delegates from about 150 nations expected to try to smooth over differences and agree on how to advance toward 2030 targets to halt catastrophic nature loss.
The 16th United Nations Biodiversity Conference, COP16, held in Cali, Colombia, ended abruptly after countries disagreed in overtime talks about the creation of a new global nature fund.
