ZERO urges COP17 in Armenia to turn biodiversity stocktake into real action

The 17th UN biodiversity conference opens in Yerevan, Armenia, on 19 October and runs until 30 October. It makes the first global assessment of the Kunming-Montreal framework, and countries are behind on 22 of its 23 targets. International biodiversity funding has averaged 4.4 billion dollars a year, under a quarter of the 20 billion goal. Environmental group ZERO sets out seven demands, including a subsidy-reform timetable and a working Cali Fund. It says Portugal's draft nature restoration plan has funding and marine-target gaps and no inventory of harmful subsidies.