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Delegates arrives at the plenary hall to attend the COP16 biodiversity conference at the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters in Rome, on February 25, 2025. The world's biggest nature conservation conference will restart today after negotiations collapsed in disarray last year, with the head of the meeting warning that increasing global "polarisation" was frustrating efforts to protect the planet. Negotiators meeting are tasked with breaking a deadlock on funding between rich and developing countries that saw COP16 talks in Cali, Colombia end without agreement in November. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP) (Photo by ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images)