The 16th opens this week in Cali, Colombia. ^conference UN on Biodiversity (COP16), which brought together 190 participants from around the world to focus on the issue of nature and preventing its loss. What can we expect to be at the top of the agenda when the first sessions open? How does the conference aim to drive change and what should businesses be on the lookout for?

This year's Biodiversity COP will revisit one of the key outputs of COP15 two years ago - the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, also known as the Biodiversity Plan. The agreement marked a significant milestone at the COP15 conference and established four high-level goals, which are generally: preserving ecosystem integrity, substantially increasing the area of natural ecosystems by 2050, halting the extinction of known endangered species caused by human activity, and reducing extinction rates tenfold. It also set 23 targets, including the oft-discussed 30×30 target – a commitment to protect and conserve at least 30 % of land and sea for biodiversity by 2030. (Ben Stansfield, more at lexology.com)