In a global effort aimed at protecting biodiversity, the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16), will meet in Cali, Colombia, beginning Oct. 21. The Conference of Parties includes almost 200 countries that will meet to review progress and set new goals. For the first time this year, Penn will be sending an official delegation to the UN Biodiversity Conference, having secured observer status in an effort coordinated by the Environmental Innovations Initiative and Penn Global.

Ahead of COP16, the Environmental Innovations Initiative and the Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies (CLALS) hosted a panel discussion, “How is the world working to save biodiversity?” Read more at Penn Today.