Yerevan biodiversity review highlights lagging progress on global targets

Delegates gathered at the COP17 conference in Yerevan, Armenia, to conduct the first global review of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework adopted in late 2022.

The international agreement established 23 specific targets to be achieved by 2030, including protecting 30 percent of the planet's land and oceans and cutting global food waste in half. However, initial evaluations presented at the meeting indicate that the majority of these objectives remain far out of reach.

Participating nations face growing calls to establish concrete domestic plans, as current progress lags significantly behind the required pace to reverse critical ecosystem decline by the end of the decade.

Sources: Svenska Dagbladet.