Biodiversity talks in Armenia stall as deadline looms
Negotiations at the 17th United Nations Conference on Biodiversity, currently underway in Yerevan, Armenia, remain deadlocked with key issues unresolved as a final agreement is expected Friday evening. Funding mechanisms are among the most contentious points.
Several participants have described the discussions as a “competition of hypocrisy” among the approximately 200 nations represented at the conference.
The arrival of ministers on October 27th and 28th, intended to help overcome political divisions, failed to resolve the main negotiating challenges.
“We must now find the energy needed to go all the way,” stated Convention on Biological Diversity Executive Secretary Astrid Schomaker on Thursday, October 29th, in a diplomatic response to the impasse.
The situation mirrors a common pattern in the final stages of major UN conferences, where countries attempt to secure concessions on certain issues by blocking progress on others. This has frustrated Panama’s Minister of the Environment, Juan Carlos Navarro, who is advocating for his country to host the COP18.
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“Biodiversité : au dernier jour des négociations, la COP17 «stagne et s’enlise» en Arménie”
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