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Proclamation 10861

International Conservation Day, 2024

This proclamation establishes November 17, 2024, as International Conservation Day. It celebrates the Biden Administration's conservation achievements, including the America the Beautiful initiative, rejoining the Paris Agreement, climate financing commitments, and Amazon Fund investments, while containing no binding policy directives or mandates.

Federal Register Open PDF 89 FR 93141

Impact dates

  1. International Conservation Day proclaimed

Key directives

No discrete directives extracted.

Timeline

Immediate

  • Proclamation of November 17, 2024 as International Conservation Day

Near term (90d)

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Long term

—

Risks & tensions

  • Document is retrospective and honorific; no new binding obligations created
  • References to past pledges ($11B/year climate financing by 2024, $10B Brazil coalition by 2030) are claims of fulfillment or future goals, not new directives
Proclamation 10861: International Conservation Day, 2024 · Executive Orders