Global discussions on safeguarding biodiversity have resumed in Rome with a focus on securing financial commitments to sustain life and address past funding disputes from the COP16 talks in Cali, Colombia.
Negotiators are working towards a plan to secure $200 billion annually for biodiversity by 2030, including $30 billion from wealthier nations to support poorer ones.
COP16 President Susana Muhamad stressed the significance of collaborative actions to preserve nature, deeming it humanity's paramount mission in the 21st century.
Developing countries have highlighted the necessity of establishing a dedicated biodiversity fund and urge affluent nations to honor their financial promises by 2025.