{"id":91919,"date":"2026-11-10T14:29:19","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T14:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/?post_type=news&#038;p=91919"},"modified":"2026-11-10T14:29:20","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T14:29:20","slug":"from-yerevan-to-antalya-closing-the-gap-between-global-ambition-and-action-on-nature-and-climate","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/news\/from-yerevan-to-antalya-closing-the-gap-between-global-ambition-and-action-on-nature-and-climate\/","title":{"rendered":"From Yerevan to Antalya: closing the gap between global ambition and action on nature and climate"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 17), which took place last month in Yerevan, Armenia, delivered progress but exposed the continuing gap between global commitments and implementation. 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