20 nations join forces in Colombia to save Earth's biodiversity
Colombia forms new eco-alliance with twenty countries to protect nature and change human-environment relations. The group aims to implement global biodiversity framework while facing major funding hurdles
At yesterdays COP16 summit in Cali (a mountain-surrounded Colombian city)‚ President Gustavo Petro launched a ground-breaking eco-coalition. Twenty countries from different parts of world except Asia-Pacific joined the nature-focused partnership
The new group aims to re-shape human-nature connections through cross-border work and smart resource use — its main focus is getting money for nature protection and eco-friendly growth. Each member needs to follow specific nature-first guidelines
Nature is life. And yet we are waging war against it. A war where there can be no winner
The summit works on putting into action the bio-diversity plan from late-22‚ which has these key points:
- Save 30% of Earthʼs spaces
- Get $200-billion each year for nature
- Stop nature loss by 2030
The funding part remains super-hard to solve even though some countries put forward new cash for the bio-diversity fund (but its way less than needed). President Daniel Noboa of Ecuador thinks change is still possible: his country joined the group to help push things forward
The meeting brought together six presidents and over hundred ministers to discuss Earthʼs future — they all agree that destroying nature puts human life at risk. Petro made a strong point about not waiting for market-based solutions saying that life-value should be more important than cash-value
