COP16

China's Minister of Ecology and Environment Huang Runqiu shakes hands with Colombia's Environment Minister Susana Muhamad during the opening plenary of the 16th United Nations Biodiversity Summit (COP16), in Yumbo, Colombia October 21, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez
Climate Change

Leaders urge world to pay up to save nature as COP16 talks open

"The planet doesn't have time to lose," COP16 President Susana Muhamad told the opening meeting in Cali, southwest of Bogota

Colombia's Environment Minister Susana Muhamad and other participants attend the opening plenary of the 16th United Nations Biodiversity Summit (COP16), in Yumbo, Colombia October 21, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez
Climate Change

What's on the agenda at the COP16 nature summit in Colombia?