China’s updated National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan aligns with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, but experts highlight gaps in its marine protection goals and the need for clearer standards and funding mechanisms to meet the global 30x30 target.
Scientists are urgently calling for global action, including reducing fossil fuel use, as the Pacific Ocean's sea levels rise faster than the global average and the warming Indian Ocean drives storms, erratic rainfall, and droughts.
Securing finance for the "loss and damage" fund to help climate-vulnerable nations is now in question after rich countries refused to put it within the scope of a new climate finance goal at a technical briefing ahead of the climate talks.