Colombia gives assurances over UN biodiversity summit after rebels' threat

Organisers working to ensure safe environment for attenders in October after guerrillas' warning of disruptionColombian authorities have insisted it will be safe to attend a UN biodiversity summit in Cali later this year, after a dissident rebel group threatened to disrupt the event.This week Central General Staff (EMC), a guerrilla faction that rejected the country's 2016 peace agreement, said the UN nature summit Cop16 would "fail", in a post on X addressed to the Colombian president, Gustavo Petro.Find more age of extinction coverage here, and follow the biodiversity reporters Phoebe Weston and Patrick Greenfield on X for all the latest news and features. Continue reading...