Climate Biodiversity Conference
A crew member sweeps pollock and bycatch, including a chum salmon, upper left, jellyfish and basket stars, into a hatch aboard the F/V Progress in the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska, Wednesday, July 22, 2026.
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Promises by nations to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to finance nature and increase protections for oceans around the globe are falling short ahead of a key U.N. biodiversity conference. The warnings from the head of the conference and environmental groups comes as the countries gather Monday in Yerevan, Armenia for the United Nations Biodiversity Conference, or COP17. The conference running from Oct. 19 to Oct. 30 is a chance for countries to take stock of their progress after agreeing to a historic deal in 2022. Countries agreed to protect 30% of land and water considered important for biodiversity by 2030 and raise at least $200 billion by 2030.