#COP16 wrapped in Rome with a major breakthrough on biodiversity finance—but big questions remain. The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP16) concluded with what is being hailed as a historic global finance plan to support the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, an agreement from 2022 to protect and restore biodiversity by 2030. But getting here wasn’t easy! After tense negotiations in Cali, Colombia, countries remained divided on how to mobilize the needed $200 billion per year by 2030. To break the deadlock, Colombia’s COP President Susana Muhamad reconvened the talks in Rome in late February for a three-day sprint—COP16.2—where negotiators finally reached consensus on critical funding and monitoring frameworks. 🔎 So what exactly did they agree on? And what challenges still stand in the way of real impact? Tap the link in our bio to keep reading.