TFFF: FINANCE FOR FORESTS, BETWEEN NEW PROMISES AND OLD PROBLEMS
During COP30 in Belém, Brazilian President Lula announced the launch of the TFFF (Tropical Forest Forever Facility) financial mechanism. Although presented as... Read More
COP16 BIODIVERSITY: ITALIAN CLIMATE NETWORK’S ANALYSIS
Rome, February 28, 2025 – The extraordinary session of COP16 on biodiversity concluded last night at the FAO headquarters in Rome. The... Read More
URBAN BIODIVERSITY: IF YOU CAN’T MEASURE IT, YOU CAN’T FINANCE IT
“The impact of Cities on Nature extends far beyond their borders, driven by demand of the urban population and supply chains for... Read More
THE KUNMING-MONTREAL COP15 AGREEMENT: AFRICAN COUNTRIES AGAINST BEIJING
Late Sunday night, around 4 a.m. Montreal time, the Kunming-Montreal Agreement, or Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) for this decade, was adopted at COP15.
COP15 President Huang Runqiu moved to adopt the agreement during the closing plenary along with a package of decisions relating to: a monitoring framework; planning, monitoring and review mechanisms; capacity building and technical cooperation initiatives; resource mobilisation; and digital sequencing information (DSI) of genetic resources.
COP15 STARTS A NEW WEEK: KEY ISSUES
COP15 is now in the thick of negotiations. Meanwhile, hundreds of people marched and protested in the streets of Montreal on Saturday, demanding an ambitious agreement to protect biodiversity. Let's take stock of some of the main issues being discussed at COP15.