THE 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will be held in Cali, Colombia, President Gustavo Petro of Colombia has announced. David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the CBD Secretariat, said: “I offer my sincere congratulations to the city of Cali for being selected to host the 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference – COP 16. We will have the honor of holding the presidency of the Biodiversity COP for two years. “Colombia wants this to be the COP of the people, of those people who live and thrive in biodiversity. Colombia wants this to also be the COP where peace with nature is promulgated and nature is recognised as one of the pillars of the climate transition.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 29, 2024 02:37 UTC