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COP16 biodiversity summit, Cali, Colombia: A groundbreaking new plan to make companies pay for DSI

CALI, Colombia — In the face of extreme and accelerating wildlife declines, government officials from nearly every country have agreed to a groundbreaking new deal meant to funnel more money and other resources into conservation, especially in poor regions of the world. If it works, the deal — finalized Saturday morning at a United Nations […]

Science

UN biodiversity summit hears appeals for action, money to save nature

The COP16 biodiversity conference opened in Cali with Colombia’s Environment Minister Susana Muhamad (C) taking over the presidency. The world’s biggest nature protection conference opened in Colombia on Monday with calls for urgent action and financing to reverse humankind’s rapacious destruction of biodiversity. With about a million known species worldwide estimated to be at risk […]

Science

UN biodiversity summit opens with call for ‘significant’ funding

The Global Biodiversity Framework Fund was created last year to help countries achieve agreed UN targets to ‘halt and reverse’ the loss of nature by 2030. The world’s biggest nature protection conference opens in Colombia Monday with the United Nations chief calling for countries to “convert words into action” and fatten a fund seeking to […]

World News

No UK apology over slavery at Commonwealth summit

The government has said there will not be an apology over Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, when King Charles and Sir Keir Starmer visit the Commonwealth summit in Samoa next week. A Downing Street spokesperson had already ruled out financial reparations. Last year, the King spoke of his “greatest sorrow and regret” at […]

RegenBio Summit: Understanding regulations for bringing breakthrough treatments to patients

Learn about navigating regulatory pathways that advance promising biotherapies to daily patient care at RegenBio Summit: Transforming Next-Gen Biotherapeutics 2024.  Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research within the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), will deliver a keynote address about guiding the development of new cell, gene and tissue […]

Entertainment

TikTok and Variety Preview the Future of Gaming Trends at Inaugural Joint Leadership Summit

The $200 billion video game industry is increasingly blending with Hollywood, and this intersection was front and center at the inaugural Variety Presents: Gaming on TikTok Leadership Summit. Held at the Edition in West Hollywood on Wednesday, the event drew an impressive lineup of industry heavyweights, including Neil Druckmann, CEO of Naughty Dog, Katherin Downing, […]