Latin American organizations call for urgent systemic change at COP16 biodiversity summit
31 Oct 2024
Press release: Latin American organizations call for urgent systemic change at COP16 biodiversity summit Activists denounce lack of ambition, false solutions and corporate capture in biodiversity negotiations. Cali, Colombia, October 31, 2024–Civil society leaders and activists at the COP16 Biodiversity Conference in Cali, Colombia, expressed their deep concern over the lack of significant progress in the negotiations and the persistence of corporate interests that undermine biodiversity protection and climate action. Valentina Figuera of the Global Forest Coalition (GFC) decried corporate…