The Principality of Monaco is making its voice heard in Yerevan, Armenia, during COP17. Biodiversity is at the center of the discussions at this important event.
Céline Caron-Dagioni, Member of the Monegasque Government and Minister of Public Works, the Environment, and Urban Planning, spoke during the High-Level Segment of COP17 for the Convention on Biological Diversity, reaffirming the Prince’s Government’s commitment to implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework through the ongoing updating of the National Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, combined with concrete actions to safeguard terrestrial and marine ecosystems.
Céline Caron-Dagioni also emphasized the importance of mobilizing sustainable financing for biodiversity, noting Monaco’s commitment to allocate 1.5 million euros to the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund between 2026 and 2030: “Itis now up to us to accelerate the implementation of the Global Framework and turn our commitments into concrete results,” she said during her remarks.
The theme of COP17 was “Restoring the Earth. Restoring Hope,” and the conference was chaired by Battsetseg Batmunkh, Mongolia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs. The delegations’ proceedings concludetoday, October 30.
COP17isone ofthe United Nations’ annual climate conferences and brings together delegationsfrom 197 countries that are parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD): governments, civil society, scientists, young people, indigenous peoples, and herders’ groups.
The next global conference is COP31, which will focus on climate change and is also of great importance. It will be heldfrom November 9 to 20, 2026, in Antalya, Turkey.