Countries have translated the world's biodiversity agreement into national plans at unprecedented levels, but their commitments collectively fall short of its global targets and implementation is moving too slowly to meet a 2030 deadline, the head of the U.N. biodiversity convention said.
Governments will confront that gap at COP17 in Yerevan, Armenia, which runs from Oct. 19-30, when they conduct the first global review of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, adopted in 2022 with 23 targets intended to halt and reverse biodiversity loss.
