Last year, Colombian President Gustavo Petro watched in dismay as a political and economic crisis unfolded on the other side of his country’s eastern border. Global powers had imposed sanctions on ...

COP16 host country Colombia has put the inclusion of Indigenous and traditional communities at the center of its agenda in Cali. The U.N. office for the Convention on Biodiversity - which oversees ...

The UN biodiversity summit known as COP16 officially opened in Colombia on Monday, and hopes are high that negotiating countries can agree on a path forward to safeguarding the planet. Considered the ...

Ms. Muhamad, who is Colombia’s Environmental Minister stressed that biodiversity conservation is deeply linked to climate action, and that extractive use of natural resources is responsible for 50 per ...

Among the Pastos, and in the wider Narino department, one of Colombia’s poorest, some however are keen to see the lake reopen, as a potential money spinner. Bolanos, the area’s tourism chief, called ...