Indicates the type of a location. Location Type Defined by CCTVPLUS Indicates the role that a specific instance of a description takes among all descriptions. Description Role Defined by CCTVPLUS The role in the overall content stream. Part Role Indicates a kind of content rendition. Content Rendition Defined by CCTVPLUS CCTV Newscontent Co.,Ltd. CCTV Newscontent Co.,Ltd. All Rights Reserved. No access Chinese mainland CCTV Newscontent www.cctvplus.com +86-10-83949886 +86-10-63978447 contact@cctvplus.com 2026-10-17T15:32:17Z 2026-10-17T15:32:17Z 2026-10-17 2014-11-06T09:22:45Z China Central Television Armenia Other Oct 16, 2026 Armenia-COP17 Leaders' Summit/Biodiversity UN chief urges faster action to protect biodiversity ahead of global summit UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for faster and stronger global action to protect biodiversity, warning that efforts to halt nature loss remain far behind international targets. Speaking at a leaders' summit in Yerevan, Armenia's capital, Guterres urged countries to show "more action, more speed, and more will" ahead of the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17), scheduled for Oct 19-30. "Halfway to 2030, Yerevan is our moment of accountability," he said, urging countries to assess their progress in protecting nature. More than 1 million species face extinction, threatened by climate change, invasive species, overexploitation of natural resources and pollution, he warned. Guterres said the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, adopted in 2022, had laid out a path to "make peace with nature," but progress remained uneven and far too slow. Nearly 90 percent of parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity have set national biodiversity targets, while more than half have developed implementation plans. Since 2022, an additional 1.3 million square km of land and 6 million square km of ocean have come under formal protection, he said. However, even if current national commitments are fulfilled, only 26 percent of land and 12 percent of marine areas would be protected by 2030, falling short of the global target of 30 percent for both. Funding also remains a major obstacle. Citing a report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Guterres said biodiversity financing stood at less than half the annual target of 200 billion U.S. dollars set under the framework. He said that "biodiversity is not a separate challenge, stressing its links to climate change, conflict, food insecurity and disease. Guterres urged governments, financial institutions and businesses to accelerate implementation of the framework, calling for sustainable agriculture, circular economies, stronger environmental monitoring and stricter enforcement of existing laws. Nats Yerevan, Armenia - Oct 16, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 1. Conference backdrop 2. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres walking past camera crew 3. Various of world leaders posing for group photos 4. Backdrop showing leaders summit 5. Various of attendees 6. Various of Guterres speaking 7. Various of folk performance in progress; attendee watching, taking pictures of performance