World falling short on 22 of 23 nature targets for 2030, says draft UN report
A draft UN report indicates that the world is failing to meet 22 of 23 biodiversity targets set for 2030. The findings highlight a critical need for accelerated global action to halt and reverse nature loss before the upcoming COP17 summit.
Why it matters
The failure to meet these targets threatens global ecosystem stability and the long-term viability of international environmental agreements.
Share The global goal to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030 “will not be achieved” unless action by countries “accelerates rapidly”, says a draft UN report.
Countries are falling short on 22 of the 23 targets for 2030 they set under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), the “Paris Agreement for nature”.
That is according to a draft version of a global report prepared by the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), published on 26 July.
The report will be finalised ahead of the next nature summit, COP17 , taking place in Armenia in October of this year.
The second draft of the global report has undergone “peer review”, but will still be subject to “technical edits” before being formally published ahead of COP17.
The final version will inform a global review of countries’ progress towards meeting the world’s 2030 nature goals, which will take place in Armenia.
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