UN chief Antonio Guterres said nature won't thrive on good intentions alone. (EPA Images pic)PARIS: UN chief Antonio Guterres said Thursday that the "war on nature has not yet ended" as he launched a report showing the world was falling short of its biodiversity committments.
Nations will assess progress and pitfalls toward a 2030 goal to stop the destruction of nature when they meet in Armenia next week for the UN biodiversity negotiations.
Nearly 200 countries joined the landmark "Paris Agreement for Nature" four years ago but have been slow to act on its objectives.
The pact laid out 23 targets for halting and reversing nature loss by 2030, including reducing pollution, protecting threatened species and conserving 30% of the world's land and oceans.
