Interactive: Tracking negotiating texts at the COP17 biodiversity summit
Diplomats are gathering in Yerevan, Armenia, for the COP17 biodiversity summit to negotiate legal texts under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. The summit marks the halfway point toward the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework targets, with many countries currently falling behind.
Why it matters
The summit is critical for global environmental policy, as it addresses the implementation of biodiversity targets that are currently failing to meet international goals.
Share Next week, diplomats from around the world will descend on Yerevan, Armenia, to negotiate a series of decisions under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
Between 19 and 30 October, 196 parties will gather to hammer out the precise wording of the dozens of legal texts that make up the decisions under the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the CBD.
This year’s summit is particularly significant, as it marks the halfway point between the agreement of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and the deadline for achieving its targets.
The CBD has found that countries are currently not on track to meet 22 out of the framework’s 23 targets.
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