CBD is the Convention on Biological Diversity. Conferences of the Parties (COPs) are meetings between “parties”, or representatives of countries, on the topic of climate change. The first meeting, COP 1, was held in 1994. These are the 3 primary goals of the CBD: (1) biodiversity and the conservation of biological diversity, (2) sustainability and (3) fair and equitable distribution of rights and benefits derived from genetic resources. SPUN attended CBD COP 16 in Colombia in 2024 in order to advocate for the inclusion of fungi in conservation agendas.