COP17: Nature financing pledges swell to $1.8bn at Yerevan Biodiversity Summit

Michael Holder
clock • 7 min read
COP17 President Hambardzum Matevosyan | Credit: CBD / COP17
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COP17 President Hambardzum Matevosyan | Credit: CBD / COP17

Fresh financing for nature restoration announced alongside new drive to reform nature-harming subsidies, as crunch final week of UN biodiversity talks get underway in Armenia

Further nature funding pledges worth hundreds of millions of dollars have been announced at the COP17 UN Biodiversity Summit today, as pressure mounts on governments to deliver a positive outcome from...

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