Fifty eight percent of countries submit national biodiversity pledges

Analysis by Carbon Brief shows 58 percent of countries have met a UN request to submit updated national pledges aimed at tackling nature loss. The submissions arrived two years after the original deadline set by the United Nations. [1]

Nations were originally required to submit their updated national biodiversity strategies and action plans prior to the start of the COP16 summit in October 2024. Only 15 percent of countries met that initial deadline, Carbon Brief reported. [1]

Following the low early submission rate, delegates at the COP16 summit agreed on a new text that urged governments to release their action plans as soon as possible, according to Carbon Brief. [1]

Countries are currently gathering in Armenia for the COP17 global biodiversity review. A UN report noted that nations remain off track on 22 out of 23 global biodiversity targets established for 2030, as FTMQ Climate reported earlier. Those global goals were adopted in 2022 in Kunming and Montreal. [3]