Start of the global nature conference COP16
Planning provides for specific steps for implementing the global nature protection agreement to be drawn up at the COP16 in Cali. Germany has increased its global efforts to protect nature.
Cali (dpa) – At the 16th UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16) that is held in Cali in Colombia starting this Monday, the community of states plans to work out the details of further steps for implementing the global biodiversity agreement. In this agreement that was initiated in Montreal two years ago, around 200 states agreed on 23 goals to be reached by 2030. One example of this is that at least 30 percent of the world's land and sea areas are to be placed under protection. Furthermore, the industrial countries are to provide around 20 billion dollars for protecting biodiversity, every year from 2025 onwards.
"The situation did not get any better over the past two years," says Environment Minister Steffi Lemke. "We have to understand how closely the biodiversity crisis and the climate crisis are linked." In 2023, the Federal Government provided a total of 1.36 billion euros for conservation of species and ecosystems in developing and emerging countries. This corresponds to an increase of over 450 million euros compared to 2022.