COP16 Biodiversity Summit: Five reasons businesses should be paying attention

Cecilia Keating
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COP16 Biodiversity Summit: Five reasons businesses should be paying attention

As the latest round of UN nature talks kick off in Colombia, BusinessGreen takes a look at some of the ways the negotiations could impact the private sector

The COP16 Biodiversity Summit is now officially underway in Cali, marking the start of two weeks of intense negotiations on how to advance progress towards the nature restoration goals set by governments...

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