Essay: COP16 – the world’s largest meeting to save nature has ended with no clear path ahead
HARRIET BULKELEY, in an article first published on The Conversation, says many issues raised at the summit were left unresolved…
Countries launch nature coalition at UN COP16 talks, warn of human extinction
Cali, Colombia Reuters Colombia at the UN COP16 biodiversity talks on Tuesday launched a coalition with 20 other countries seeking to make “peace with nature,” as leaders warned that the rapid destruction of the environment risks humanity’s own extinction. The summit of nearly 200 countries under way in the mountain-ringed city of Cali is tasked […]
Peace talks with Colombia Government in crisis, ELN rebels say
Bogota, Colombia Reuters Peace talks between the Colombian Government and National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels are in crisis, the guerrilla group said, while the government accused the rebels of dragging out the process. The two sides restarted talks in 2022 as part of President Gustavo Petro’s bid to reach “total peace” between the government and […]
Some 5,000 people affected by fighting in Colombia’s south-west – government
Bogota, ColombiaReuters Combat between three Colombian armed groups in the country’s southwest has forced some 5,000 people either to flee or take refuge from the fighting, the government’s high peace commission said on Tuesday. The Awa Indigenous group in particular has been severely affected by the fighting between two groups of FARC dissidents – Segunda […]
Fate of Colombia plane crash children unknown; Petro deletes tweet
Bogota, Colombia Reuters The fate of four children who were missing after a plane crash in southern Colombia was unclear on Thursday after President Gustavo Petro deleted a Tweet saying they had been found alive, adding in a new message that reports of their discovery were unconfirmed and the search still ongoing. The children have […]