Cali Fund: Companies urged to pay into landmark new UN nature protection fund

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Opening plenary at resumed COP16 talks in Rome | Credit: IISD/ENB & Mike Muzurakis
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Opening plenary at resumed COP16 talks in Rome | Credit: IISD/ENB & Mike Muzurakis

New UN fund launched at restarted COP16 talks in Rome in bid to mobilise private sector funding for nature protection initiatives around the world

Businesses around the world are being urged to support a landmark new nature finance fund designed to support initiatives and communities working to protect the natural world, which has been officially...

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