There has been little progress at talks in Geneva aimed at encouraging countries to set new targets for protecting wildlife
at WWF International. He say it’s worrying that key elements have not been agreed, but says there has been some progress on the new deal’s overall mission which is converging on a “nature positive” commitment to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030.
There have also been promising signs countries are nearing agreement on a target to protect 30 per cent of the world’s oceans and land by 2030, saysat the Wildlife Conservation Society. That would be up from 16.4 per cent for land 7.74 per cent of oceans now. Another positive is that countries now ‘own’ the draft text and there is a clear idea of what the final deal might look like, Lieberman adds. “If one is charitable, one could say it’s moving in the right direction,” she says.
Much of the talks in Geneva got bogged down in countries airing their positions rather than trying to come closer together, saysat the non-profit Campaign for Nature, an alliance of more than 100 conservation organisations. “It’s a major disappointment that here we are two years delayed into the process and still still feeling a long, long way from an agreement,” he says.
New money for developing countries to pay for conservation projects was a sticking point at the talks. The draft calls for rich countries to offer an extra $10 billion a year for funding to protect nature in poorer countries. But research by O’Donnell’s group has found the figure needs to be more like $60 billion a year to be effective, while a group of countries including Brazil and India called for funding to eventually rise to $700 billion a year.
Overall, Broekhoven says he’s “very worried about the lack of urgency” at the discussions. O’Donnell says that higher level political engagement, including from heads of state, will be needed in Nairobi to avoid a repeat of the “slog” of the past fortnight.
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