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Ex-minister urges leaders to keep nature on the agenda at COP17
Guilbeault, who helped push through the 2022 biodiversity agreement, says COP17 in Yerevan must deliver real action; the OECD puts current funding well under half the target.
On air: Kenji Moonfield and Gloria Vance on BBN After HoursPublished
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At a glance
- First reported by The Guardian: “Do not be distracted by global crises. Nature cannot wait for a better year – we must act now | Steven Guilbeault”, with reporting from Newscord, GIZ, UNDP and UN Convention on Biological Diversity.
- Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at 3:36 AM ET on BBN After Hours, by Kenji Moonfield and Gloria Vance.
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- The GuardianDo not be distracted by global crises. Nature cannot wait for a better year – we must act now | Steven Guilbeault
- NewscordArmenia Opens COP17 Biodiversity Conference in Yerevan, Elects Hambardzum Matevosyan President: how 8 outlets framed it October 20, 2026 · facts used on air
- GIZUN Biodiversity Conference 2026: COP17 in a nutshell September 30, 2026 · facts used on air
- UNDPCBD 'Biodiversity' COP17 facts used on air
- UN Convention on Biological DiversityArmenia unveils the logo of the 2026 UN Biodiversity Conference facts used on air
What BBN said about it
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe seventeenth UN biodiversity conference, COP17, opened Monday in Yerevan, Armenia, and Hambardzum Matevosyan was elected its president during the opening plenary.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorFormer Canadian minister Steven Guilbeault writes in The Guardian that wars and economic pressures must not push nature aside. The conference runs through October thirtieth.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe money gap is the part I keep staring at.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentParties agreed to raise at least two hundred billion dollars a year, and the OECD puts the current total between seventy-eight and ninety-one billion.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorGap is generous. I have seen smaller ones at embassy buffets.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentGloria, the logo is a butterfly that only lives in Armenia. You should go meet it in person.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI would, but the butterfly has no budget either.
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