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COP17 nature summit opens in Yerevan, Armenia

Nearly every country meets in Yerevan through the thirtieth of October to review a twenty twenty-two nature deal; a UN report says fewer than half of targets are on track.

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  1. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentOkay, what is COP17, and why is it in Armenia?

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's the UN's biodiversity conference, in Yerevan from the nineteenth to the thirtieth of October.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's the first global review of progress on the nature deal governments signed in twenty twenty-two.

  4. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentSo a review. How are they doing?

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA new UN report warns that fewer than half of national targets are on track.

  6. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentBefore the exam. Lovely.

  7. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentDoes this touch my life at all, or is it just diplomats and name tags?

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe goal is protecting thirty percent of the planet's land and oceans.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe IUCN says there are four years left to halt biodiversity loss, and leaders are expected to adopt something called the Yerevan Declaration.

  10. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentSo it's a group project where half the group never opened the document.

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