UN Chief Urges Nations to End 'War on Nature'
Delegates will assess whether countries are on track on 22 of 23 biodiversity targets and confront a $700 billion annual finance gap, UN figures show.
- On Thursday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres released a report warning that 2030 biodiversity goals are unlikely to be met, ahead of next week's COP17 negotiations in Yerevan, Armenia.
- Despite nearly 90 per cent of countries setting national targets, a massive financial gap persists: roughly $30 goes toward nature-degrading activities for every $1 invested in protection, according to UN figures.
- Current commitments under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework fall far short of the 30 per cent conservation goal for Earth's land and oceans; projections show only 26 per cent of land and 12 per cent of ocean areas will receive protection.
- Sue Lieberman from the Wildlife Conservation Society warned that ecosystems are collapsing, stating 'governments and all stakeholders must see that investing in nature is not a luxury, it is the very key to our survival.'
- Guterres declared at the report's launch that the 'war on nature has not yet ended,' calling for governments to scrap harmful subsidies and integrate biodiversity into every policy decision and budget.
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In the Armenian capital of Yerevan, representatives of almost 200 countries will be discussing measures to combat biodiversity decline for two weeks at the 17th World Conference on Nature.
‘No One Immune from Biodiversity Loss’: All Eyes on Saving Nature as CBD COP17 Begins in Yerevan
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Global spotlight is on conserving the world’s fast-diminishing biodiversity as the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) started on Monday, October 19, in Armenia. World News | ‘No One Immune from Biodiversity Loss’: All Eyes on Saving Nature as CBD COP17 Begins in Yerevan.
‘No one immune from biodiversity loss’: All eyes on saving nature as CBD COP17 begins in Yerevan - The Tribune
Global spotlight is on conserving the world’s fast-diminishing biodiversity as the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) started on Monday, October 19, in Armenia.
In Yerevan, the UN Executive Secretary warned that decisions over the next two weeks will affect billions of people. Target: 200 billions a year by 2030.
In Yerevan, the UN Conference on the Conservation of Species directs the view on the extinction of species. Whether agreed goals reach reality this time remains the crucial question. A comment by Klaus Rimpel.
UN's first global stocktake finds countries off track as biodiversity talks open in Yerevan
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