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Comprehensive guidance is needed to catalyse robust society-wide commitments for global biodiversity targets

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Implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework requires robust commitments from actors across society. However, the Convention on Biological Diversity’s pledge system is still nascent and has structural deficiencies. Integrated guidance on society-wide biodiversity commitments that complement governmental efforts is urgently needed to effectively accelerate progress towards global biodiversity targets.

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Fig. 1: Five key steps to catalyse robust whole-of-society commitments in the pledge system for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

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  1. These authors contributed equally: Yun Cao, Dandan Yu.

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  1. Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Nanjing, China

    Yun Cao, Dandan Yu & Haigen Xu

  2. Global Conservation Design Ltd, Canning, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Cao, Y., Yu, D., Gill, M. et al. Comprehensive guidance is needed to catalyse robust society-wide commitments for global biodiversity targets. Nat. Rev. Biodivers. 1, 616–617 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44358-025-00093-2

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