World leaders at the COP17 biodiversity summit in Yerevan acknowledged that the 2030 conservation goals will likely be missed due to insufficient funding and slow action. They adopted the "Yerevan Pathway" to accelerate progress ahead of the next summit in Ecuador, focusing on reforming harmful subsidies and increasing financial support for developing nations.
Background
The 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework set a landmark goal to protect 30% of the world's land and seas by 2030. Four years later, finance gaps and implementation shortfalls have left global conservation efforts falling significantly behind schedule.
- Source
- Ars Technica
- Published
- Nov 2, 2026 at 10:56 PM
- Score
- 6.0 / 10