# Global ocean protection and nature finance goals falling short as countries meet at U.N. conference

https://mins.news/en/video/103076

- The Associated Press, 2026-10-16 12:32 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgsdnsAN4xU

> Ahead of countries gathering Monday in Yerevan, Armenia, for the U.N. Biodiversity Conference, or COP17, the conference head and environmental groups warned that nations are falling short on promises to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on nature finance and expand ocean protections worldwide.

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