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COP17 | Fears at UN biodiversity summit 2030 targets are slipping out of reach

COP17 | Fears at UN biodiversity summit 2030 targets are slipping out of reach

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David Olarte Amaya, Vice-Minister for Environmental Territorial Planning, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Colombia. PHOTO/ PHOTO/ IISD/ENB – Mike Muzurakis. By PATRICK MAYOYO The 2026 United Nations Biodiversity  Conference continued in Yerevan, Armenia, with countries under pressure to turn ambitious global conservation pledges into concrete action, as a landmark assessment warned of widening gaps…

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Africa: Anglicans Will Advocate to Protect Oceans As ‘Lungs of the Earth’ At the United Nations Biodiversity COP17

Africa: Anglicans Will Advocate to Protect Oceans As ‘Lungs of the Earth’ At the United Nations Biodiversity COP17

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An Anglican delegation will attend the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) COP17 in Yerevan, Armenia. They will call for justice for oceans, just finance for those most at risk and a cleaner agricultural system, acknowledging Indigenous wisdom. Representing different Anglican Provinces, the delegation includes the Rt Revd Graham Usher (Church of England Lead…

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COP17 | Fears at UN biodiversity summit 2030 targets are slipping out of reach

COP17 | UN biodiversity summit faces test of turning global promises into action

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Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia. PHOTO/ IISD/ENB – Mike Muzurakis. By PATRICK MAYOYO Governments gathering for the 2026 United Nations Biodiversity Conference face a critical test: whether international commitments to halt and reverse the destruction of nature can be translated into measurable progress before the end of the decade. The conference, which opened in…

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COP17 | Fears at UN biodiversity summit 2030 targets are slipping out of reach

UN experts sound alarm over slow progress on global biodiversity targets ahead of COP17

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UN experts sound alarm over slow progress on global biodiversity targets ahead of COP17 Secretary-General of the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, expected to attend the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17). By PATRICK MAYOYO United Nations human rights experts have urged governments to accelerate action…

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Africa: Anglicans Will Advocate to Protect Oceans As ‘Lungs of the Earth’ At the United Nations Biodiversity COP17

Africa’s Rangelands Are the Frontline of Resilience – COP17 Showed Why

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Nairobi, Kenya — Across the Kenya-Tanzania rangelands, communities have long understood a reality that the global community is increasingly recognising: healthy rangelands support livelihoods, wildlife, water resources and local economies. They are among Africa’s most important natural assets and a foundation for resilience in a changing climate. That lesson is especially relevant today. As East…

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Africa: Anglicans Will Advocate to Protect Oceans As ‘Lungs of the Earth’ At the United Nations Biodiversity COP17

Africa: COP17 – How Africa Can Unlock Billions for Land Restoration – – Official

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She said Africa needs to move land restoration from the aid column into the investment column by developing bankable landscape programmes, strengthening land tenure, deploying risk-sharing instruments and ensuring that farmers and pastoralists benefit from carbon and other emerging environmental markets. As negotiations continue at the 17th session of the United Nations Convention to Combat…

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Africa: Greening Lands, Feeding People: UN Awards Three Restoration Flagships at UNCCD COP17

Africa: Greening Lands, Feeding People: UN Awards Three Restoration Flagships at UNCCD COP17

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Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia — The UN today awarded three new World Restoration Flagships in Brazil, the Sahel region, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The initiatives are strengthening landscape productivity by restoring degraded ecosystems in regions facing drought, desertification, and climate change. Jointly led by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization…

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Africa: Anglicans Will Advocate to Protect Oceans As ‘Lungs of the Earth’ At the United Nations Biodiversity COP17

Africa: COP17 – Africa Must Connect Science to Action to Tackle Land Degradation – – Expert

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The Professor argued that Africa does not primarily lack scientific knowledge to address land degradation and drought; rather, the continent faces gaps in data continuity, technology deployment, local-scale evidence and the ability to translate scientific findings into policy and action. In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES on the sidelines of COP17 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Oluseyi…

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