The newly launched Cali Fund aims to make companies pay for the biodiversity they use, but with voluntary contributions and little industry support, its future remains uncertain.

Colombia continues to establish itself as a key player in the global software and information technology industry, with its 13th participation in the Mobile World Congress (MWC). With a delegation of 15 companies from Bogotá,

Global negotiators concluded an extended session of the United Nations biodiversity conference, COP16, with key commitments on funds needed and the institutions through which the funds will be channeled to protect the world's biodiversity.

The continued meeting of the parties to the COP16 Global Biodiversity Conference in Rome ended on February 27, 2025

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The Cali Fund launches in the margins of the resumed session of COP16. By leveraging funding from the private sector, the Fund ushers in a new era for biodiversity

Speech by UNEP Deputy Executive Director Elizabeth Maruma Mrema on the Signing of Cali Fund MoU on the sidelines of the resumed session of the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference

A make-or-break second meeting of COP16 delegates finally ended with a landmark agreement in the early hours of Friday morning. View on euronews

But in Colombia the corrida ’s days seem numbered. Most people there are either indifferent or actively opposed to it. When a statue of Mr Rincón was toppled in the town of Duitama last year, the matador-turned-breeder was perplexed: “Colombia’s current president is a former guerrilla fighter—and I’m the murderer?”

Last November, the biodiversity negotiations hosted by Colombia ended in disarray. COP16 resumes on the 25th of February in Italy, but countries still face the difficult task of ensuring sufficient financial resources to implement their biodiversity commitments. What happened? What should have happened? And could discussions in Rome land a deal?

The delegation that inaugurated the country's stand includes Gabriel Jurado Parra, Vice Minister of Connectivity; Gabriel Jaime Gómez, Vice President of Exports at ProColombia; Saúl Kattan,

The two-day meeting addressed issues that were left unresolved in earlier discussions held in Cali, Colombia in late 2024, focusing on securing funds to meet ambitious targets set in Montreal in 2022.