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COP17 Opens With Biodiversity Targets Still Far Off

By Drooid · Oct 20, 2026, 10:29 AM UTC · How we work

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Pashinyan Opens COP17

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan opened COP17 in Yerevan, launching the first global review of the Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned the 30 % by 2030 biodiversity target remains far out of reach.
Annual biodiversity financing hit $75-$92 billion in 2023-2025, well below the $200 billion 2030 goal.
Zanzibar President Hussein Ali Mwinyi said marine protected areas expanded from 2,400 to over 3,600 km², a >50 % rise.

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EU Misses Deadline

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Only nine member states submitted draft national restoration plans.
German NGO BUND filed a biodiversity complaint with the Federal Constitutional Court, citing the 2021 climate ruling.
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Pashinyan Opens COP17

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan opened COP17 in Yerevan, launching the first global review of the Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned the 30 % by 2030 biodiversity target remains far out of reach.
Annual biodiversity financing hit $75-$92 billion in 2023-2025, well below the $200 billion 2030 goal.
Zanzibar President Hussein Ali Mwinyi said marine protected areas expanded from 2,400 to over 3,600 km², a >50 % rise.

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