COP16: Countries Launch Coalition With Goal of Making Peace With Nature [Video]

At the United Nations COP16 biodiversity talks on Tuesday, Colombia launched an international coalition with the goal of “making peace with nature.”

Leaders at the summit warned of rapid environmental destruction posing a risk to the survival of humanity, reported Reuters.

“Justice, equity and inclusion will be foundational to the [2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)]’s success. So, it is long past time for the leadership and knowledge of Indigenous Peoples to take front and centre. In the same vein, COP16 must operationalize the mechanism and fund for fair and equitable benefit-sharing from Digital Sequencing Information of genetic resources. That is how the GBF can ensure that those who profit from biodiversity give back to nature, to countries and to communities that steward our natural heritage,” a press release from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said.

The task of the meeting of 196 countries in Cali, Colombia, is to strategize on how to stop nature’s decline …