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Cop16

October 2026

  • An operative wearing blue rubber gloves uses tweezers to place a sample into a vial

    The age of extinction
    Big pharma accused of ‘free-riding on nature’ as global fund attracts just $7,000

  • Guards raise the Armenian flag ahead of the COP17 conference in Yerevan

    The age of extinction
    🏆 Top Story: environment/cop - Latest AnalysisAs a former minister who once climbed a tree to save it, I know there is passion to protect nature. We just have to show it

    Steven Guilbeault

February 2025

  • A fisher paddles through wetlands in Accra, Ghana.

    The age of extinction
    Cop16 nature summit agrees deal at 11th hour but critics say it is not enough

    UN biodiversity conference in Rome ends with fragile accord but questions remain over whether funding will emerge
  • Aerial view of seven people doing a giant jigsaw puzzle showing a jaguar and what looks like a panda

    The age of extinction
    Crucial UN nature talks are about to reopen in Rome – but will enough countries turn up?

    After last year’s Cop16 biodiversity talks in Cali left key issues unresolved, the extra summit will attempt to seek consensus, especially over funding
  • A gibbon sits in a rainforest tree

    The age of extinction
    More than half of countries are ignoring biodiversity pledges – analysis

    Many of the nations gathering in Rome for Cop16 have offered no plans to honour their agreement to protect 30% of land and sea for nature

November 2024

  • Hundreds of people sit at desks looking towards the stage, were a row of people sit behind microphone in front of a screen showing them in closeup ad the Cop16 logo.

    The age of extinction
    Meat, oil and pesticide industry lobbyists turned out in record numbers at Cop16

  • Tree-planting at Great Avon Wood, in the west of England.

    The age of extinction
    Global biodiversity offsetting doesn’t work – keep schemes local, say experts

  • Melting icebergs in the Ilulissat Icefjord in western Greenland.

    The age of extinction
    ‘Essential to act now’ to prevent chaotic climate breakdown, warns UN chief

  • Composite image of Ángela Maldonado, Fernando Trujillo, Sandra Bessudo and Rosamira Guillen

    The age of extinction
    Death threats, bodyguards and a Farc commander called Smurf: living dangerously with Colombia’s nature defenders

  • Opinion
    🏆 Top Story: environment/cop - Latest AnalysisIn an era of environmental crises, women closest to the destruction must be heard

    Omaira Bolaños
  • The age of extinction
    ‘Two sides of the same coin’: governments stress links between climate and nature collapse

  • The age of extinction
    Cop16 ends in disarray and indecision despite biodiversity breakthroughs

  • The age of extinction
    Forest keepers: Arhuaco balance modern and ancient ways – photo essay

October 2024

  • A group of 12 people on a stage in front of a sign saying 'Let's make Peace with Nature'

    The age of extinction
    Alarm grows over ‘disturbing’ lack of progress to save nature at Cop16

  • Colombian president Gustavo Petro speaks at the 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Cali, Colombia

    Science Weekly
    Love motels and gridlocked talks: all the news from Cop16 – podcast

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  • Steve Reed warned the forthcoming budget would be ‘difficult’

    The age of extinction
    Budget cuts mean farmers in England ‘must do more with less’

  • Two men wearing black Greenpeace t-shirts hold a sign saying 'Rich countries: break the piggy bank and pay the $20 billion by 2025' while standing next to a model of a piggy bank.

    The age of extinction
    The world needs $700bn a year to restore nature. But where is the money coming from?

  • The age of extinction
    Sex swings, dance poles and mirrored ceilings: ‘love motels’ provide last-minute rooms for Cop16 delegates

  • The age of extinction
    AstraZeneca ‘said it could cut UK jobs’ if biodiversity drug levy is introduced

  • View from the Amazon
    🏆 Top Story: environment/cop - Latest AnalysisWould abandoning false hope help us to tackle the climate crisis?

    Jonathan Watts
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