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]]> https://www.climatechangenews.com/2026/02/24/rush-for-critical-minerals-tests-europes-resolve-to-protect-nature/feed/ 0 Big fishing nations secure last-minute seat to write rules on deep sea conservation https://www.climatechangenews.com/2026/01/20/china-japan-secure-seat-bbnj-deep-sea-conservation-high-seas/ https://www.climatechangenews.com/2026/01/20/china-japan-secure-seat-bbnj-deep-sea-conservation-high-seas/#respond Tue, 20 Jan 2026 19:46:50 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=82050 A treaty to protect the high seas entered into force this week with the backing of over 80 countries including late ratifications by Japan, China and Brazil

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]]> https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/10/14/world-failing-on-goal-to-halt-deforestation-by-2030-raising-stakes-for-amazon-cop/feed/ 0 Explainer: Can a new climate fund help save the world’s rainforests? https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/09/23/explainer-brazil-forest-finance-financial-markets-tfff-cop30-rainforest-fund/ https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/09/23/explainer-brazil-forest-finance-financial-markets-tfff-cop30-rainforest-fund/#respond Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:09:21 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=76122 Led by Brazil, the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) is set to be launched at COP30. Here we take a look at how the fund aims to harness investment to fight deforestation

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]]> https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/09/21/treaty-protect-deep-ocean-high-seas-bbnj-entry-force-ratification/feed/ 0 System change is our only way out of the climate and biodiversity crises  https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/04/22/system-change-is-our-only-way-out-of-the-climate-and-biodiversity-crises/ https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/04/22/system-change-is-our-only-way-out-of-the-climate-and-biodiversity-crises/#respond Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:53:52 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=70125 Global warming and biodiversity loss stem from the same economic, social and political systems that prioritise profits and reward exploitation

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]]> https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/04/22/system-change-is-our-only-way-out-of-the-climate-and-biodiversity-crises/feed/ 0 The Amazon rainforest emerges as the new global oil frontier   https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/04/02/the-amazon-rainforest-emerges-as-the-new-global-oil-frontier/ https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/04/02/the-amazon-rainforest-emerges-as-the-new-global-oil-frontier/#respond Wed, 02 Apr 2025 14:19:21 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=69423 Half a century of oil drilling has left the world’s largest rainforest scarred by deforestation and pollution. Now it is bracing for a new wave of fossil fuel extraction

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]]> How COP16 2.0 can unlock business investment to properly fund nature https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/02/21/how-cop16-2-0-can-unlock-business-investment-to-properly-fund-nature/ Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:12:25 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=67866 Biodiversity COP16 ended with vague targets and limited accountability — but its resumed session in Rome provides an opportunity for businesses to step up

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]]> Colombia’s COP16 presidency in suspense as minister resigns https://www.climatechangenews.com/2025/02/10/colombias-cop16-presidency-in-suspense-as-minister-resigns/ Mon, 10 Feb 2025 19:55:03 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=67404 Observers told Climate Home that Susana Muhamad's resignation as environment minister could affect UN nature talks

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]]> COP16 hands power to Indigenous people but fails to bridge nature finance gap https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/11/03/cop16-hands-power-to-indigenous-people-but-fails-to-bridge-nature-finance-gap-results/ Sun, 03 Nov 2024 11:26:49 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=53901 UN biodiversity summit produces mixed results, with gains for Indigenous people and disagreement on how to raise and manage funding for nature protection

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]]> Fossil fuel transition pledge left out of COP16 draft agreement https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/10/29/fossil-fuel-transition-pledge-left-out-of-cop16-draft-agreement/ Tue, 29 Oct 2024 16:59:48 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=53792 An earlier draft decision at the UN nature summit included a call to transition away from fossil fuels - but it has been cut from the latest version

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]]> At COP16, countries clash over future of global fund for nature protection https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/10/24/at-cop16-countries-clash-over-future-of-global-fund-for-nature-protection/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 11:24:30 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=53671 Some biodiverse developing nations want to replace it with a new fund that would give them a bigger say in how it's run and easier access to its resources

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]]> It’s time to end the UN’s artificial divide between biodiversity and climate  https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/10/21/its-time-to-pull-down-the-uns-artificial-divide-between-biodiversity-and-climate/ Mon, 21 Oct 2024 12:54:14 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=53570 The biodiversity and climate crises are interlinked - and failing to coordinate our response leaves critical ecosystems like forests and peatlands at risk 

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]]> COP16 confronts “huge” challenge of protecting 30% of world’s land and sea https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/10/17/cop16-confronts-huge-challenge-of-protecting-30-of-worlds-land-and-sea/ Thu, 17 Oct 2024 15:41:01 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=53497 Ahead of the UN biodiversity summit, countries are urged to come up with strong new plans and funding to meet global nature goals

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]]> Biodiversity finance grew ahead of COP16 but came mostly as loans, says OECD https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/09/19/biodiversity-finance-grew-ahead-of-cop16-but-came-mostly-as-loans-says-oecd-report/ Thu, 19 Sep 2024 13:10:07 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=53018 Funding for efforts to protect and restore nature increased to $15.4 billion in 2022 - mostly driven by concessional loans from multilateral banks

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]]> Shades of green hydrogen: EU demand set to transform Namibia https://www.climatechangenews.com/2023/11/15/green-hydrogen-namibia-europe-japan-tax-biodiversity-impacts/ Wed, 15 Nov 2023 12:00:31 +0000 https://climatechangenews.com/?p=49443 Backed by the EU, Namibia has a $20 billion plan to export green hydrogen. A secretive tender process raises concerns for nature and citizens.

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]]> Greta Thunberg protests wind farm “violating human rights” in Norway https://www.climatechangenews.com/2023/02/28/greta-thunberg-protests-wind-farm-violating-human-rights-in-norway/ Tue, 28 Feb 2023 11:14:39 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=48116 Thunberg said the wind farm violates the rights of indigenous Sami people to herd their reindeer, as the sight and sound of the turbines scares the animals

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]]> ‘Kunming-Montreal’ deal sets up new fund for biodiversity by 2023 https://www.climatechangenews.com/2022/12/20/kunming-montreal-deal-sets-up-new-fund-biodiversity-2023-cop-15/ Tue, 20 Dec 2022 10:17:26 +0000 https://climatechangenews.com/?p=47833 Countries committed to mobilise $200 billion "from all sources" to protect 30% of the world's land and water ecosystems by 2030

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]]> After developing country walkout, ministers arrive to rescue nature talks https://www.climatechangenews.com/2022/12/15/ministers-arrive-nature-negotiations-resolve-tensions-finance/ Thu, 15 Dec 2022 18:26:00 +0000 https://climatechangenews.com/?p=47815 Tensions are running high at the Cop15 biodiversity summit over a finance gap estimated at $700 billion per year

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]]> Governments split on ditching nature-harming subsidies in Montreal https://www.climatechangenews.com/2022/12/12/governments-split-on-ditching-nature-harming-subsidies-in-montreal/ Mon, 12 Dec 2022 17:38:39 +0000 https://climatechangenews.com/?p=47764 Negotiators at the Cop15 biodiversity summit in Montreal have until Friday to agree a "nature pact" that can get rid of harmful subsidies

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]]> UN nature pact nears its ‘Copenhagen or Paris’ moment https://www.climatechangenews.com/2022/11/22/un-nature-pact-nears-its-copenhagen-or-paris-moment/ Tue, 22 Nov 2022 05:00:49 +0000 https://climatechangenews.com/?p=47622 Cop15 biodiversity negotiations in Montreal next month will determine how the world halts and reverses nature loss

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]]> Germany launches $1 billion biodiversity fund after world misses targets https://www.climatechangenews.com/2021/05/20/germany-launches-1-billion-biodiversity-fund-world-misses-targets/ Thu, 20 May 2021 13:07:03 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=44091 The Legacy Landscape Fund aims to mobilise public and private finance to support an ambitious nature protection deal at this October's Kunming summit

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]]> Australia green-lights controversial project in ‘gas-fired recovery’ https://www.climatechangenews.com/2020/10/01/australia-green-lights-controversial-project-gas-fired-recovery/ Thu, 01 Oct 2020 14:39:36 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=42565 Campaigners say the Narrabri gas project will destroy local biodiversity and water supplies as well as increase greenhouse gas emissions.

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]]> China host of major nature talks fails to step up at UN biodiversity summit https://www.climatechangenews.com/2020/09/30/china-host-major-nature-talks-fails-step-un-biodiversity-summit/ Wed, 30 Sep 2020 17:49:34 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=42559 Campaigners had hoped President Xi would surprise the world again this week with tough measures to reverse biodiversity loss. They were left disappointed

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]]> EU plans to protect 30% of land and seas by 2030 for biodiversity https://www.climatechangenews.com/2020/05/20/eu-plans-protect-30-land-seas-2030-biodiversity/ Wed, 20 May 2020 10:00:35 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=41903 The European Commission set out a strategy to overhaul farming and strictly protect carbon-rich forests and wetlands, to benefit wildlife

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]]> ‘Noah’s Ark’ Arctic seed vault gets new crops, recovers to one million samples https://www.climatechangenews.com/2020/02/25/noahs-ark-arctic-seed-vault-gets-new-crops-recovers-1-million-samples/ Tue, 25 Feb 2020 00:01:47 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=41350 Britain's Prince Charles, contributing wildflower seeds, says it is 'exhausting, often demoralising' to persuade people of vital role of biodiversity

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]]> Protect 30% of Earth to avert ‘irreversible’ biodiversity loss – former ministers say https://www.climatechangenews.com/2020/02/18/protect-30-earth-avert-irreversible-biodiversity-loss-former-ministers-say/ Tue, 18 Feb 2020 05:01:25 +0000 https://www.climatechangenews.com/?p=41305 Albright among 23 former foreign ministers calling for 'strong protection' of animals and plants at UN biodiversity summit, due in China in October

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]]> Biodiversity: the ‘stepchild’ of international talks https://www.climatechangenews.com/2014/10/16/biodiversity-the-stepchild-of-international-talks/ https://www.climatechangenews.com/2014/10/16/biodiversity-the-stepchild-of-international-talks/#respond Thu, 16 Oct 2014 15:12:56 +0000 http://www.rtcc.org/?p=19210 INTERVIEW: With little hard cash on the table at UN summit, biodiversity champions seek to link up with mainstream agendas

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