00:00United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged governments to stop subsidizing the production of fossil fuels that are boiling
00:09the planet and are the scourge of biodiversity.
00:13Guterres said this on Friday in an address to leaders in Armenia ahead of next week's UN Biodiversity Summit.
00:21According to the UN chief, governments were still spending money on the wrong things.
00:48The UN says for every dollar invested in protecting or restoring nature, around $30, the equivale,
00:56of 27 euros still goes into activities that degrade it.
01:01Nearly 200 nations are participating in the UN biodiversity negotiations in Yerevan,
01:07starting a Monday where a lack of finance for nature will be a core focus.
