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Governments will miss the 30-by-30 target.
Campaign for Nature, out today: land and sea protection falls short of the 2030 pledge.
The Rocket News · Science · New YorkSeptember 23, 2026 · 3 min read
Governments are set to miss the pledge to protect 30 percent of the world’s land and seas by 2030. Campaign for Nature and Together for the Ocean released the report today. Reuters had it from the Assembly week.
The Science desk files the shortfall, not a speech. The number on the page is 30. The number the governments are on track to deliver is lower. The report does not pretend otherwise.
Well short of 30 percent by 2030.
The Science desk files Wednesday as it is: a target dated 2030, and a count that will not get there on the present path.
Wire and further reading: reuters.com
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