The recently concluded COP16 conference on biodiversity in Rome was filled with ambitious commitments, promises, and grand rhetoric. World leaders reaffirmed their pledge to protect 30% of the planet’s land and oceans by 2030, established a new financial mechanism to hold corporations accountable, and set an annual target of $200 billion to preserve biodiversity. However, with few binding agreements or enforcement mechanisms in place, one must ask: will these promises translate into real action, or are they just another round of well-intentioned declarations without substance?
Link to article (in Swedish): https://www.vk.se/2025-03-18/debatt-cop16-djarva-ataganden-eller-tomma-ord-e0c37
