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📣 The gavel has fallen at #COP17Armenia!
Overnight, countries adopted multiple decisions to advance the KMGBF:
🌱 New Yerevan Pathway
🤝 Indigenous Peoples’ participation (Article 8j)
💰 Biodiversity finance
& more
🌏 A new era of action. #ForPeopleForPlanet
Photo: IISD/ENB
📣🌿 Congratulations, Ecuador!! Quito, Capital of Ecuador announced as host city of the next Biodiversity COP18!
🎥 For final agenda items of Biodiversity #COP17Armenia follow coverage LIVE online now via webtv.un.org
At #COP17Armenia, one of the discussions we're following closely is agenda item 13 on cooperation with other conventions.
Strong synergies across the Rio Conventions are essential and momentum here will carry forward to #COP31.
🎥 LIVE coverage: webtv.un.org
Peru has submitted its third national climate plan 🇵🇪
The NDC strengthens mitigation and adaptation commitments, introduces sector-specific decarbonization pathways, and expands attention to climate governance and green jobs.
Read more: go.undp.org/Gjx
Local communities in Gromiželj know what is at stake when wetlands lose their natural functions, not only for biodiversity but for those whose livelihoods & traditions are closely connected to them.
See how they're #TakingActionForNature: undp-nature.exposure.co/natu…
#COP17Armenia
"Governments are striving to bridge differences, build consensus and bring the outstanding decisions to the finish line"
- UNDP's Midori Paxton shares where we stand as #COP17Armenia reaches its finals stages
*UPDATE*: 🎥 online coverage now LIVE via webtv.un.org
🌿 Advancing gender equality and biodiversity goals creates powerful, mutually reinforcing outcomes #ForPeopleForPlanet.
Launched at #COP17Armenia, a new practical guide helps countries integrate gender equality into national biodiversity strategies.
nbsapaccelerator.org/gender-…
UNDP Planet retweeted
From protecting jaguars in 🇨🇴 Colombia to restoring forests in 🇰🇪 Kenya and grasslands in 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan, we help demonstrate how community-led action can protect biodiversity and support livelihoods: thegef.org/newsroom/feature-…
#GEFatCBDCOP17 #COP17Armenia
🌿 Women are leading action for a gender-just and biodiverse future.
Launched at #COP17Armenia, the first Women's Biodiversity Outlook spotlights women-led solutions and calls for stronger land rights, leadership & funding for conservation.
Take a look: cbdwomenscaucus.org/women-bi…
As world leaders meet at #COP17Armenia, they know the value of nature.
And so does @PNUDCuba.
Read more about how they're working with @theGEF @ICIMAR_Cuba #ForPeopleForPlanet:
undp-nature.exposure.co/mead…
"The next 24 hours are crucial. Governments are striving to bridge these differences, build consensus and bring the outstanding decisions to the finish line"
- @UNDP 's @MidoriPaxton shares where we stand as #COP17Armenia reaches its finals stages
“It will not be an exaggeration to say we link our identity to mangrove forests”
When the mangroves in Khardi village began to disappear, communities joined a major restoration drive, boosting livelihoods & biodiversity
Read more: go.undp.org/xNo
#COP17Armenia
UNDP Planet retweeted
Climate action is an investment in jobs, stronger economies and energy security.
But climate plans need to become reality.
Through ‘Climate Promise: Forward’, @UNDP is bringing the UN together to help countries unlock investment and deliver climate solutions.
go.undp.org/climatepromisefo…
#COP31
For those who have grown up beside Tišina and Gromiželj, the objective is straightforward: ensure that future generations inherit not only memories of wetlands, but living ecosystems they can continue to experience, protect, and rely upon: undp-nature.exposure.co/natu…
#COP17Armenia
🌿 $1.8B pledged for nature at #COP17Armenia!
A welcome boost for biodiversity finance.
Now the challenge is turning these commitments into investments that work #ForPeopleForPlanet - protect ecosystems, restore nature and support communities.
ow.ly/86oc5101yBh
What if progress meant helping people AND nature thrive? 🌿
At #COP17Armenia, @HDRUNDP explored how the 2026 Human Development Report & new Nature Relationship Index can reshape how we define progress, through two complementary events.
For more visit hdr.undp.org/
UNDP Planet retweeted
🦀Mangroves filtering water on its way to the sea
🪸Coral reefs providing shelter for marine life
🦜Marshlands sustaining native fauna
But even paradise needs care.
See how @PNUD_Mexico & partners balance ecosystems, communities & tourism: go.undp.org/5AH
#COP17Armenia
🌿Can protecting nature help build peace?
At #COP17Armenia yesterday @UNDP & @UNArmenia explored how healthy ecosystems, shared natural resources & restoration can help prevent conflict, rebuild trust and strengthen resilience.
More in Nature for Peace: go.undp.org/xu4
🟢 Upcoming webcast
Can investment in coffee and cocoa protect forests and support producers?
On 29 Oct, @FAO, @UNDP & @WorldBankGroup bring partners together in Rome to explore financing forest-positive, deforestation-free supply chains.
Register now: lnkd.in/d4k-phdT
UNDP Planet retweeted
🙏 to the Govt of 🇩🇪 for stepping up at #COP17Armenia to halt & reverse biodiversity loss in some of 🌍’s most key landscapes.
🇩🇪 announced €15 million contribution @_BMUKN Int'l Climate Initiative to support the joint work of @UNDP, @UNCDF & @UNESCO.
➡️go.undp.org/x6x
