{"id":20066,"date":"2024-10-23T04:57:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T04:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/?p=20066"},"modified":"2024-11-11T19:40:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T19:40:50","slug":"arrival-at-cop16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/2024\/10\/23\/arrival-at-cop16\/","title":{"rendered":"COP16 Dispatch: Day 1 Arrival at COP16"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Catherine O\u2019Riordan, ESA Executive Director<\/em><\/p>\n

\"ESA

Executive Director Catherine O\u2019Riordan with ESA observers at the COP16 in Cali, Colombia<\/p><\/div>\n

A huge amount of anticipation can be felt in the room as we wait for the opening plenary at COP16 to begin.\u00a0 Several of us arrived on Saturday, Oct 19, before the official events began.\u00a0 Cali is a vibrant city, known for food, nightlife, and culture, and our initial dinner together gave us an opportunity to sample the excellent cuisine.<\/p>\n

The COP has recruited many volunteers to welcome attendees from all over the world. As soon as you land at Cali airport you see people in white shirts with the COP16 logo ready to provide information and help you find your way.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Meeting

COP16 event attended by ESA delegates<\/p><\/div>\n

We have only been here for a day and have already met people from all over: Fiji, Japan, Guatamala, Australia, South Korea, Senegal, and of course the Europeans are well represented.<\/p>\n

Now we are sitting in the plenary room for the negotiations.\u00a0 Delegations from all over the world are sitting next to each other and discussing their perspectives and their hopes for the outcome of the negotiations.<\/p>\n


\nDisclaimer:<\/strong> Opinions are solely those of the guest contributer and not an official ESA policy or position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ESA’s Executive Director expresses excitement as COP16 kicks off in Cali, a city known for its rich food and culture. Global delegates, welcomed by volunteers, quickly connect to tackle crucial biodiveristy issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":19890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1926,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cop16","category-ecology-in-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20066"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20224,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20066\/revisions\/20224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}