Global biodiversity agreement mobilises $200 billion boost for nature
© WWF-International/Suyash_Kesh A tiger at Bandhavgarh National Park, India. Governments on Friday reached agreement on a strategy to raise an additional $200 billion each year to better protect the world’s flora and fauna by 2030. Delegates met in Rome this week for the resumption of the UN Biodiversity Conference to hammer out an agreement at […]
COP16: Landmark biodiversity agreements adopted
UN Biodiversity | COP16 reached the first ever agreement recognising people of African descent and Indigenous Peoples as key drivers in conserving nature. By Greace Vanegas The world’s largest biodiversity summit, known as COP16, concluded last weekend in Colombia, with several landmark decisions, including first ever agreements on nature’s genetic data and on recognising people of […]
Biodiversity: What is it, and how can we protect it?
Unsplash/Sean Stratton | A monarch butterfly collects nectar from a thistle plant. The UN and its global partners will grapple with the massive loss of animal and plant species, and how to avoid further extinction, at a major conference beginning 23 January. Here’s a primer on what, exactly, biodiversity is, and how the UN can […]
Explainer: What’s COP28 and why is it important?
Global temperatures continue to reach record levels and, as the year draws to a close, the diplomatic heat is rising as all eyes turn to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where world leaders are meeting from 30 November to 12 December, to chart an ambitious way forward in the global fight against climate change. Here’s what you need […]
This week the 78th Session of the General Assembly in New York began
Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs, attends the opening the High- level General Debate of the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly. The Minister was joined by Assistant Minister McAllister, DFAT Secretary Jan Adams, Ambassador James Larsen, Mr Rob Mitchell MP Member for McEwen, Mr Andrew Wallace MP Member for Fisher […]
UN agencies head up new $115 million push for cleaner, healthier oceans
Marine debris, including plastics, paper, wood, metal and other manufactured material is found on beaches worldwide and at all depths of the ocean. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and four partner agencies have been tasked with leading a new push to help countries curb the land-based pollution of coastal areas and shorelines. FAO will co-lead […]