COP on Biodiversity starts next week

The Biodiversity Summit COP16 starts on Monday, October 21 and runs until November 1. Unlike the climate change conferences that are held every year, the Biodiversity COPs are a rarer act, held every two years. This year's Biodiversity COP, held in the Colombian city of Cali, is therefore the first since COP15 in 2022. COP15 culminated in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, which sets the path to achieving “ of a world living in harmony with nature by 2050 ". ” and contains targets for 2050, supported by targets for 2030. A crucial focus of the upcoming COP on biodiversity is the implementation of the ambitious goals and targets set out in the Framework into practice. Below are some points to be aware of before starting the COP. (Richard Hilton, Helena Campbell, more at lexology.com)