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UN chief urges nations to end ‘war on nature’
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UN chief Antonio Guterres said on Oct 15 that the “war on nature has not yet ended” as he launched a report showing the world was falling short of its biodiversity commitments.
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Nations will assess progress and pitfalls toward a 2030 goal to stop the destruction of nature when they meet in Armenia next week for the UN biodiversity negotiations.
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Nearly 200 countries joined the landmark “Paris Agreement for Nature” four years ago but have been slow to act on its objectives.
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The pact laid out 23 targets for halting and reversing nature loss by 2030, including reducing pollution, protecting threatened species and conserving 30% of the world’s land and oceans.
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But many of these targets are off track, said Guterres as he launched a global report spotlighting the gaps between ambition and action.
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“It’s not all bad news...
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We are far from what is necessary,” he told reporters in the Armenian capital Yerevan where the COP17 talks start on Oct 19.
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“The report shows that many of the critical elements of progress... are still missing in action”.
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This meant the “war on nature has not yet ended”, he added.
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The report showed that government policies were insufficient to meet the centrepiece biodiversity goal to protect 30% of Earth’s land and waters by 2030.
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Other targets were lagging further behind.
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Guterres said countries must honour their financial pledges to developing countries and spoke to a lack of headway in tackling government spending that harms nature.
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Countries have vowed to reduce harmful subsidies by US$500 billion (S$641.24 billion) a year by 2030 – state incentives for industries like fossil fuel production, mining and agriculture – but little progress has been made.
For every dollar invested in protecting or restoring nature, about US$30 still goes into activities that degrade it, according to UN figures.
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“Nature won’t thrive on good intentions,” Guterres said.
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He pointed to the “very strong influence” of some sectors that had “too much power” over government including industrial fishing, fossil fuels and logging operations.
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The lack of finance has been identified as a particular barrier to achieving the biodiversity goals.
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Governments are not expected to make major new pledges at COP17 but will be under pressure to correct course.
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Species are disappearing and ecosystems are collapsing,” said Sue Lieberman from the Wildlife Conservation Society.
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“Governments and all stakeholders must see that investing in nature is not a luxury, it is the very key to our survival.”
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