The hot phase of the summit for the conservation of species in Colombia has begun these days. The ministers have been on site since Tuesday and have taken over. As so often, it is about money and the financing of nature conservation measures. Climate activists are putting pressure on politicians.
“COP16 is the place to finally make progress in global species protection. But right now, delegates are getting lost in the details. However, the industrial lobby promotes false solutions and thus prevents effective species protection. For the species conservation conference to be a success, ministers must provide sufficient funding and give indigenous peoples and local communities direct access to these funds. The climate and species protection crisis can only be solved together,” said Ursula Bittner, species protection expert at Greenpeace.
It’s about money
Negotiations in Colombia have recently stalled over financing issues. Greenpeace demands that the conservation funding gap be urgently closed and that negotiators not be distracted by false solutions such as biodiversity compensation. In addition, direct access to financial resources for indigenous peoples and local communities must be created.
Time is running out
The talks in Cali will continue until November 1. The contracting states still have four days to make important decisions. In addition to the necessary commitments for sufficient financial resources, Contracting Parties must adapt their national biodiversity strategies and measures to meet their nature protection obligations. In Austria, these measures urgently need to be firmly anchored in the new government’s program, says Greenpeace.
Austria’s current Minister for Climate Protection, Leonore Gewessler, promises to put pressure on her colleagues. “In Colombia, now is the time to get things done. Goals are only good if you can monitor whether they are achieved. There is a sensible compromise from Montreal on funding. We need to implement this instead of starting from scratch,” says Gewessler.
Source: Krone
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