The EU’s goal at COP16: to “urgently” implement the Global Compact on Biodiversity

The European Union (EU) agreed on Monday that at the COP16 summit being held this month in Cali (Colombia) it will defend the need to “urgently” implement the global agreement on biodiversity, in order to protect a third of the planet by 2030.

Meeting in Luxembourg, the environment ministers of the EU countries adopted their negotiating guidelines for the new edition of the “COP of nature”, which is held every two years and whose new meeting will take place in Cali between October 21 and November 1. The continued loss of biodiversity is a global and existential threat to humanity, and transformative change is needed to address this challenge. In this context, the Council underlines the urgent need for full and effective implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework (Kunming-Montreal),” the Council of the EU, which represents member states, said in a statement.

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