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Q72
(CISF/2025)
Environment & Ecology › Climate Change & Global Initiatives
The 16th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity was held in which one of the following cities ?
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B
Explanation
The 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was held in Cali, Colombia, from October 21 to November 1, 2024. This was the first Biodiversity COP since the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework in 2022.
Key highlights of the conference included:
- The theme "Peace with Nature".
- The establishment of the "Cali Fund", a global mechanism for sharing benefits from the use of Digital Sequence Information (DSI) on genetic resources.
- The creation of a subsidiary body to strengthen the role of Indigenous Peoples and local communities in biodiversity conservation (Article 8(j)).
Options A, C, and D are incorrect as Washington D.C., Paris, and New York did not host this specific biennial biodiversity summit.
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