Europe is pushing for a deal on resource mobilisation, the monitoring framework, and the procedures for reviewing implementation. Parties will gather in Rome on Tuesday as negotiations resume under the 16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP16), to agree on crucial issues for the implementation of the historic Kunming-Montreal […]
Commission secures ambitious EU negotiating mandate for triple COPs on climate, biodiversity and desertification
On Monday at the Environment Council in Luxembourg, the Commission secured ambitious negotiating mandates for the upcoming COP29 Climate Conference, the COP16 Biodiversity Conference, and the COP16 Desertification Conference. EU environment ministers also exchanged views in preparation for the final fifth negotiating session for an ambitious Global Plastics Treaty. Climate change, biodiversity loss, desertification, land degradation, and pollution are […]