UN fund for sharing biodiversity benefits struggles for attention — and money

NAIROBI — On Nov. 19, 2025, a small U.K.-based artificial intelligence startup called TierraViva AI transferred $1,000 to a United Nations trust account.

It was the first payment ever received by the Cali Fund, a mechanism created at the U.N. biodiversity summit a year earlier in Cali, Colombia.

The fund’s objective appears straightforward: to get […]