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Leaders grapple with finance and harmful subsidies at UN’s COP17 biodiversity conference

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Briefings

At COP17 in Yerevan, Armenia, an NGO mural highlighted the global economy's $1-to-$30 spending imbalance on nature. An Lambrechts from Greenpeace International cited a State of Finance for Nature 2026 report, noting that while 196 parties adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework in 2022, financial support for harmful activities remains high at $7.3 billion annually.

Key points

• The State of Finance for Nature 2026 report identified that populations of wild vertebrates fell by an average of 73% between 1970 and 2022.
• Industrial logging in Papua New Guinea's New Ireland province is cited as a direct contributor to the dwindling of plant, animal, and fungal life.

Context

The article discusses the UN's COP17 biodiversity conference held in Yerevan, Armenia, where leaders grapple with finance and subsidies. The finding that financial support for nature-averse industries remains high despite the 2022 adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework is central to the report's analysis.

Limitations

Evidence is limited to a single press conference quote and a specific report citation. The article does not provide causal claims linking specific financial flows to the observed population declines, nor does it offer forecasts or detailed data on the $7.3 billion figure's breakdown.

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