Will COP17 replace voluntary Cali Fund contributions with a mandatory payment framework?

Question

This market resolves YES if the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopts at COP17 an operative decision requiring participating governments to establish mandatory company payments to the Cali Fund for commercial use of digital sequence information on genetic resources. COP17 is scheduled for October 19–30, 2026 in Yerevan.

The adopted text must require the creation of a payment obligation, not merely invite, encourage or recommend contributions. A framework req

Problyx · Accepted Answer

No — the community forecast puts this at 81%.

Problyx · Answer

Yes — the community forecast puts this at 19%.