environment Yerevan, Armenia
Biodiversity funding falls short ahead of COP17
30%
Countries committed to protect 30% of land and water important for biodiversity by 2030.
Countries have raised less than half of the funding targeted for biodiversity by 2030, ahead of the COP17 biodiversity summit in Yerevan, Armenia. A U.N. progress report also found that fewer than half of biodiversity targets are on track.
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- 30%
Countries committed to protect 30% of land and water important for biodiversity by 2030.
“Countries in Montreal committed to protect 30% of land and water considered important for biodiversity by 2030”
- 200BUSD
Countries promised to raise annually for biodiversity by 2030.
“They also promised to raise $200 billion a year by 2030 for biodiversity”
- 19BUSD
Annual biodiversity funding raised in 2024.
“The latest data showed $19 billion had been raised in 2024.”