2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference
The 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16) [was] a conference in 2024.[1] COP means conference of the parties; Earlier there was a COP15; It was the 15th conference of its kind.
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| Date | 21 October - 1 November 2024 |
| Cities | Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia |
| Participants | Convention on Biological Diversity member countries |
| Follows | ← Kunming/Montreal 2022 |
| Website | https://www.cbd.int/meetings |
Background: There was an earlier conference where a monitoring framework was agreed upon. That framework should allow the progress of the countries towards national goals and targets under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework to be evaluated.[2]
History
On 11 December 2023, Colombia, through its Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development Susana Muhamad, officially offered to host the event from 21 October to 1 November 2024.[3]
In February 2024, Cali said it will hold the biodiversity conference.[4][5]
The UNCBD notified Parties on 31 July 2023 Turkeys’ decision to withdraw from hosting and presiding over the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity because of the three destructive earthquakes that occurred in February 2023.[6]
2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference Media
President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, announces the city of Cali as the host for the United Nations Biodiversity COP16.
Sculpture of the Flor de Inírida in Cali
Colombia's Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Susana Muhamad, served as the President of the COP16 throughout the entirety of its negotiations.
The Valle del Pacifico convention center in Cali, where the negotiations for the 2024 United Nations Biodiversity COP16 were held.
Susana Muhamad (third from left) and members of the Colombian delegation pose for a photo at the opening ceremony of the COP16.
References
- ↑ "Historic biodiversity agreement reached at Montreal COP15" (in en). Le Monde.fr. 2022-12-19. https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2022/12/19/cop15-historic-biodiversity-agreement-found-at-montreal-conference_6008297_114.html. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ↑ "expert reaction to global biodiversity agreement reached at UN Biodiversity Conference COP15 | Science Media Centre". Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ↑ "Colombia se postula para ser sede de la Cumbre de Biodiversidad más importante del mundo". Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible (in español). 2023-12-11. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ↑ País, El (2024-02-20). "Atención: Cali es elegida como sede de la COP 16". Noticias de Cali, Valle y Colombia - Periodico: Diario El País (in spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Colombia escoge a la ciudad de Cali como sede de la COP16, conferencia de la biodiversidad de la ONU". AP News (in español). 2024-02-20. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ↑ "Notification to Parties on 31 July 2023" (PDF).
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