Faith coalition at UN biodiversity summit presses countries to deliver on pledges

Two years after reaching a global agreement to halt and reverse rapid biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse, countries are convening in Colombia this week to continue mapping out how exactly they'll do it.

Among 23,000 delegates attending the latest United Nations biodiversity summit, known as COP16, is a coalition of faith groups who say they aim to bring moral clarity and pastoral pressure to the proceedings and to parcel out a larger space, and voice, for religion in conservation efforts at a critical juncture for the planet.

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