GEF announces winners of first Innovation Window funds
The Global Environment Facility has selected seven projects as winners of its first Innovation Window, which will provide $12.3 million...
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Marape Declines COP29 Participation
- Prime Minister, Hon. James Marape, has confirmed he will not attend the upcoming United Nations Global Climate Summit (COP29) in Baku,...
Biodiversity COP 16: Important Agreement Reached Towards Goal of “Making Peace with Nature”
CALI, Colombia 2 November 2024 — The 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 16)...
COP16: South Africa Highlights Four Key Issues, Attracting Attention
At the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16) negotiation meeting, discussions among the parties were highly active,...
After Eight Years of Negotiation, Key Marine Areasfor Biodiversity Protection Approved at COP16
• This marks the first major agreement reached at COP16 among countries, aimed at identifying and conserving ecologically significant...
International Wetland Organization: Majority of New National Nature Plans Include Wetlands
At the United Nations COP16 Biodiversity Conference currently taking place in Cali, Colombia, a new report commissioned by the...