Tracking progress towards the UN’s 2030 nature targets

Countries will meet in Armenia this month to carry out the first global review of progress towards meeting key nature targets by 2030.

These targets – and the wider ambition to halt and reverse biodiversity loss around the world – were agreed in the landmark Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework in 2022.

But the ambitions will not be achieved in time for the 2030 deadline unless action “accelerates rapidly”, a key UN report found.

It noted that nations are falling short on 22 of 23 nature targets, which focus on restoring ecosystems, increasing nature finance and reducing harmful subsidies.

This report and other findings will inform the global progress review taking place at the COP17 biodiversity summit in Armenia over 19-30 October.

The sections below summarise the report’s findings on where progress has – and has not – been made on each of the 23 targets.

They also rank the extent to which countries have addressed each target on a national basis, using figures included in the report’s second draft but left out of the final version.

Click on each target for more information. Key terms are defined throughout each section and in a glossary below.