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EU, China, Saudi Arabia and India highlight funding and national initiatives at UN meeting
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During the UN plenary on April 22, 2025, the European Union and several countries outlined finance pledges and national programs — the EU committed to double international biodiversity finance to €7 billion by 2027, China cited climate finance figures, Saudi Arabia and India described large tree-planting and lifestyle campaigns.
Several delegations used the UN plenary to set out finance commitments and national initiatives they said support harmony with nature.
The distinguished representative of the European Union said the EU is implementing a pledge to double international biodiversity financing to reach €7,000,000,000 by 2027 and urged other parties to step up contributions to implement the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. The EU statement also highlighted the European Green Deal and a new nature restoration law as domestic measures to complement international finance.
The representative of China reported that, “Since 2016, China has provided and mobilized over 177,000,000,000 RMB yuan in climate finance for other developing countries,” and described national afforestation and ecological protection projects, citing a 3,046-kilometer green belt around the Taklimakan Desert as an example of national restoration efforts.
Saudi Arabia described the Saudi Green Initiative and regional cooperation under a Green Middle East plan, including a national goal to protect 30% of land and maritime territory by 2030 and an aspiration to plant “over 10,000,000,000 trees” and restore degraded land; the delegation also cited expansion of nature reserves and scientific and technological programs.
India’s delegation highlighted “Mission LIFE (Lifestyle for Environment),” launched in October 2022, and a public “plant for mother” campaign that it said has resulted in millions of new trees; the speaker emphasized plastic and e‑waste regulations and other circular‑economy policies.
Speakers framed the national initiatives as complements to multilateral finance and governance: several delegations urged improved access to direct finance for indigenous and local communities and reforms to international finance architecture (including debt relief proposals) to enable direct resource flows.
