UN Report Reveals Biodiversity Targets at Risk for 2030

A new United Nations report warns that global biodiversity targets for 2030 are at risk despite significant national commitments to protect and restore nature. The report, titled State of Biodiversity Action, was launched by UN Secretary-General António Guterres ahead of the Leaders for Nature Summit in Yerevan, Armenia.

It provides a comprehensive assessment of progress under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, which sets 23 action-oriented targets for 2030. Nearly 90 percent of the 196 Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity have established national biodiversity targets aligned with the framework, and about 60 percent have updated their National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans.

However, fewer than half of the national targets assessed are on track to be achieved. The report identifies a critical ambition gap, particularly regarding Target 18, which addresses harmful subsidies, and Target 3, which aims to conserve at least 30 percent of the world’s land and waters by 2030.