BRIEFING: High Seas Treaty enters into force, first COP due within a year
The agreement on Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ), also known as the High Seas Treaty, will enter into force on Jan. 17, with the first COP expected to take place within a year.
Read MoreStudy drafts five-step roadmap for UK govt to support financial targets of the GBF
Although the UK’s financial sector damages the natural world, it holds potential to reform and support the 2030 targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), according to a study published this week.
Read MoreMDBs seek to mainstream biodiversity across portfolios and country programmes -webinar
Multilateral development banks (MDBs) need to move from high-level biodiversity commitments and strategies to concrete implementation through financial instruments and country programmes, a webinar heard on Wednesday.
Read MoreBRIEFING: UNEA-7 lands 11-point package on minerals, chemicals and ecosystems, major decisions pushed
This week’s seventh UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) concluded with modest progress on minerals, metals, chemicals, waste, and strategic ecosystems, but a lack of ambitious measures means many of the defining decisions are now delayed to 2026.
Read MoreUN-led ocean science drive posts mid-term surge as report flags funding gaps
A global ocean science initiative reported expanded numbers of endorsed actions and knowledge outputs as it entered the second half of its 2021–2030 mandate.
Read MoreStartup makes first-ever private contribution to Cali Fund
A UK-based environmental technology company has made a small, voluntary contribution to the Cali Fund this week, marking the first private-sector commitment to fund under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
Read MoreCOP30: WWF unveils investment model to scale nature finance
WWF has developed an investment model that it claims could help unlock up to $20 billion in nature financing by 2030, it announced on Friday on the sidelines of the COP30 UN climate summit.
Read MoreEU Parliament to fast track anti-deforestation regulation, backs ocean treaty
The European Parliament on Thursday said it would urgently address proposals to simplify the bloc’s anti-deforestation regulation and adopted a position to integrate an international treaty into EU law, aiming to protect areas of the open ocean.
Read MoreNatural ocean carbon uptake unfit for crediting -scientists
Natural CO2 uptake by ocean biology cannot deliver credible carbon credits, a group of scientists said in a commentary published this week.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: IUCN officer calls for countries to file biodiversity plans in run-up to COP17
The most important element for the success of the COP17 summit in Armenia is ensuring that countries disclose their nature-related reports before the conference, said a biodiversity policy officer at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
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