COP17 ends with the United States as the summit’s main obstacle
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- The UN Convention to Combat Desertification’s COP17 ended in Ulaanbaatar without agreement on a global drought accord.
- Participants deferred the decision until COP18, scheduled for 2028 in Egypt.
- The summit’s main obstacle, according to the report, was the position taken by the United States.
The UN summit on land degradation and drought ended in Mongolia without the global agreement on drought that participants had hoped to approve. COP17 of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification concluded in Ulaanbaatar, the Mongolian capital.
Delegates postponed the decision until COP18, which is scheduled to take place in Egypt in 2028. The delay leaves the proposed global framework unresolved for another two years.
The summit’s central point of tension was the position of the United States, identified as the main obstacle to reaching an agreement. The conference examined drought, climate change, desertification, water and related scientific issues, with Europe, China and Russia also listed among the areas involved in the discussions.
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Originally published by El País in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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