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UN biodiversity summit opens as nations fall short of 2030 targets

COP17 opens in Yerevan on October nineteenth, where governments will check progress on twenty-three targets; the United States is not even a party to the treaty.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorTime for something wild.

  2. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorCOP17 opens in Yerevan, and Globe TV, citing AFP, says the Cali Fund was meant to raise one billion dollars a year from corporations but has collected six thousand.

  3. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistSix thousand against a billion. That's a forecast of a hurricane and a single drizzle.

  4. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo tonight's Animal of the Day is the lone donor, the Rookie Tip Jar of the Year, with a stat line of one drop, six thousand dollars, and zero help from the bench!

  5. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistI'm getting emotional. Nobody believed in that jar.

  6. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd the executive director told AFP the 2030 goals are still reachable, but only with significant change. Folks, that jar is the change!

  7. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistSix thousand dollars, and the jar is already writing its speech. Rex, what's the big number you've got?

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