Africa: COP16 Delivers On Indigenous Peoples, Digital Sequencing, but Fails On Finance
- November 4, 2024
- Environment & Climate
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[IPS] Cali, Columbia — The curtains fell on the 16th Conference of the Parties of UN Biodiversity (COP16) on Sunday without any formal closing. In a voice message, David Ainsworth, the Communications Director of the UNCBD, confirmed that the COP was suspended due to a lack of quorum in the plenary and would be resumed sometime later. However, before being suspended, the parties managed to adopt a historic decision to open the door for Indigenous Peoples (IPS) and local communities (LCs) to influence the global plan to halt the
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