GoKawiilUN biodiversity summit in Yerevan adopts new plan after missing 2030 targets
Nearly 200 countries meeting in Yerevan for COP17 acknowledged that conservation efforts have fallen short of the 2030 goal to protect a third of the world's land and seas under the 2022 Kunming-Montreal framework. Delegates agreed on the 'Yerevan Pathway,' a plan to speed up action before the next summit in Ecuador in two years, focusing on cutting harmful subsidies, boosting support for developing nations, and improving monitoring.
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The admission that targets will be missed signals that existing funding mechanisms, including a voluntary fund for companies using genetic resources, have failed to generate sufficient resources, according to former Canadian minister Steven Guilbeault. His call to reform subsidies and direct more public and private finance to frontline countries suggests that without stronger enforcement, the new pathway could face the same shortfalls as its predecessor.
- Nearly 200 nations at COP17 in Yerevan admitted 2030 conservation targets are likely to be missed.
- A new 'Yerevan Pathway' plan aims to accelerate progress before the next summit in Ecuador.
- A voluntary fund meant to channel corporate genetic-resource profits into conservation remains largely unfunded.
Source: arstechnica.com, 2026-11-02
Published there as: “The world has a new plan to save nature, but it still needs the money”
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