UN Chief Urges Nations to End 'War on Nature'
- 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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If the UN COP17 Is Serious About Biodiversity, It Needs to Follow the Money
On Monday, governments from across the world will gather in Armenia for COP17, the UN biodiversity summit, to assess progress on the global agreement to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. For anyone who cares about the livability of our planet for future generations, and the richness of life on earth, the stakes could hardly be […]
The world is experiencing "a gap between ambition and action" in the field of nature protection, warned António Guterres just before COP17 in Armenia.
António Guterres, executive director of the United Nations, said today that "the stríðinu gegen nátúrónni sé enn nátúrnni sé enn ovéd" when he presented a report that shows that the world's riches are not meeting their commitments to biological diversity. The countries of the world will go over achievements and obstacles towards the goal of stopping the destruction of nature by 2030 when they come together in Armenia in...
The world remains off the road to meet the goals it has committed to safeguarding biodiversity by 2030. Countries remain far from the goal of protecting 30% of the land and oceans, concludes the first global assessment of the action taken by the parties that have committed to the Kunming-Montreal agreement
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