# ‘Bunch of baloney’: calls grow for Cop summit reforms as countries on track to fail nature targets

- Source: Guardian Business
- Published: 2026-10-31T12:30:06+00:00
- Category: Business
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/31/cop17-reforms-fails-to-deliver-targets
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/bunch-of-baloney-calls-grow-for-cop-summit-reforms-as-countries-on-tra-615a70/

Cop17, focused on protecting nature and restoring ecosystems, concludes on Saturday with critics saying system allows ‘one idiot’ to stall progress Calls are growing for major reforms to UN biodiversity summits as countries fail to deliver on their promises to halt the destruction of the natural world, with governments likely on track to continue their record of never having met a target in the 34

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