Analysis: 84% of nations miss deadline to identify ‘nature-harming’ subsidies by 2025 

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ountries failed to meet a 2025 target to identify all of their subsidies that could be “harmful” to biodiversity, according to Carbon Brief analysis. The f

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ndings also reveal that 32 countries spend an estimated $270bn on biodiversity-harming subsidies and other incentives each year. This

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s the “tip of the iceberg”, one expert notes, with “trillions” spent globally.   In 20

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2, almost every country in the world agreed on a set of “goals” and “targets” aiming to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030.  One o

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these targets asked countries to identify all subsidies that damage biodiversity by 2025, before phasing out or reforming at least $500bn of these incentives by 2030.  The s

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bsidies can be found in

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