India calls for predictable finance, technology transfer to implement global biodiversity framework

October 27, 2026 3:11 PM

India calls for predictable finance, technology transfer to implement global biodiversity framework

India on Tuesday called for adequate and predictable finance, capacity building and technology transfer from developed countries to support implementation of the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Delivering India’s national statement at the high-level segment of the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP-17) in Yerevan, Armenia, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said implementation must reflect national priorities, circumstan...

World lags on 2030 nature goals headed into UN COP16 talks

October 21, 2024 8:30 PM

World lags on 2030 nature goals headed into UN COP16 talks

The world in 2022 reached its most ambitious deal ever to halt the destruction of nature by decade's end. Two years later, countries are already behind on meeting their goals. As nearly 200 nations meet on Monday for a two-week U.N. biodiversity summit, COP16, in Cali, Colombia, they will be under pressure to prove their support for the goals laid out in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework agreement. A top concern for countries and companies is how to pay for conservation, with...