UN biodiversity summit adopts texts amid concerns over progress
Climate · First reported 31 Oct, 01:02 · Updated 09:09
Nearly 200 nations approved two major texts at COP17 in Yerevan, seeking to revive the goal of halting and reversing nature loss by 2030. Delegates and observers also raised concerns about limited progress on contentious issues, including harmful subsidies and conservation finance.
- Nearly 200 nations approved two major texts at the COP17 biodiversity summit in Yerevan after negotiations ran into Saturday morning.
- The summit aimed to revive the 2030 goal of halting and reversing nature loss; the UN had warned that progress was insufficient on targets including protecting 30% of Earth’s land and oceans.
- Disagreements over harmful subsidies, scientific reports and conservation finance remained, and Ecuador was chosen to host the next biodiversity talks in 2028.
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- COP17 biodiversity summit in Yerevan, Armenia
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- Nearly 200 nations
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- Halt and reverse nature destruction by 2030
- Land and ocean goal
- Protect 30% of Earth’s land and oceans
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- Ecuador, in 2028
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