Biodiversity Talks Open With Little Hope as 2030 Deadline Nears

Biodiversity Talks Open With Little Hope as 2030 Deadline Nears

Global biodiversity summit Cop17 begins in Yerevan with low expectations, nearly four years after countries pledged to halt nature's destruction by 2030.

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The world promised to stop the destruction of nature by 2030. Four years later, that promise is slipping away [1]. Next week, the biodiversity Cop17 summit begins in Yerevan, Armenia, and expectations are low—very low [1].

Almost four years ago, governments reached a historic deal at Cop15 in Montreal, Canada, to halt the destruction of Earth's ecosystems, and the hall erupted in applause that freezing December morning [1]. Today, that optimism has faded. As delegates meet for Cop17, the outlook is bleak [1].

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