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Ministers from roughly 140 countries seated in a plenary hall during the closing High-Level Segment of the UN biodiversity conference COP17 in Yerevan.

COP17 pledges miss biodiversity financing formula

COP17 in Yerevan wrapped with over $1.8 billion in reported pledges, but the core question of who pays for biodiversity lost no ground. The financing formula and subsidy reform both stayed unresolved, and the 2030 target window is roughly four years out.

Ashfall blankets Albay province after Mount Mayon's 30 October eruption, with families evacuating across coastal and inland towns

Mayon Eruption Evacuates 700 Families, Alert Level 3 Holds

Mount Mayon's 30 October eruption displaced 700 families in Albay. Rainfall on ash-saturated slopes is the unmeasured variable that could convert the blast into a multi-week lahar exposure.