Webinar: Key outcomes from the UN’s COP16 biodiversity summit
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11.06.24The UN nature summit COP16 recently concluded in Cali, Colombia, with key decisions on Indigenous representation and the use of genetic resources overshadowed by the abrupt end to the proceedings.
The summit was both the largest-ever and the longest-ever, running over its scheduled end time by more than 14 hours.
As a result of the overrun, many developing country delegates had to depart before the end of the talks, leading to a loss of quorum before key decisions on finance and monitoring progress were taken.
Carbon Brief’s specialist team of food, land and nature journalists – who spent two weeks reporting from the ground at COP16 – held a webinar shortly after the talks wrapped to explain where key countries landed on different negotiating items, the major outcomes of the summit and what, exactly, is going to happen next.
They also answered a range of audience questions about the use of genetic resources, biodiversity and climate change, and biodiversity-harmful subsidies.
The webinar featured the following Carbon Brief journalists:
- Dr Giuliana Viglione, section editor for food, land and nature
- Daisy Dunne, associate editor
- Aruna Chandrasekhar, food, land and nature journalist
- Orla Dwyer, food, land and nature journalist
- Yanine Quiroz, food, land and nature journalist
A recording of the webinar (below) is now available to watch on YouTube.
