Colombia confirmed as host of next UN biodiversity talks

Montreal (AFP) Dec 15, 2023

Colombia was officialy confirmed Friday as the host of the the UN's next biodiversity summit to be held in late 2024 after Turkey backed out. The COP16 biodiversity summit would follow up on a landmark deal at the last talks in 2022 in Montreal which promised to preserve 30 percent of the planet's land and seas by 2030. It comes as climate change threatens an increasing number of species