Calls for UN biodiversity summit reform as COP17 in Yerevan closes off target
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COP17 in Yerevan ended Saturday after two weeks and overnight talks. Countries pledged to step up work on targets agreed four years ago: protect 30% of the planet, restore nearly a third of degraded ecosystems, reform $500bn in harmful subsidies, and raise biodiversity finance to $30bn a year by 2030. Governments remain far short of most goals; the UK may meet only three of 23. In 34 years the convention has never met a target, fueling calls to change summits critics say one delegate can stall.
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