Archives
17th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNCCD (COP17)
Negotiators at UNCCD COP 17 will consider a wide array of decisions on enhancing efforts to address desertification, land degradation and drought.
28th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 28) and 7th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI 7)
Subsidiary bodies of the Convention on Biological Diversity will consider findings of the global midterm review of the Global Biodiversity Framework and give advice and recommendations to inform negotiations at COP 17 in Armenia.
2nd Part of the 31st Annual Session of the International Seabed Authority
The International Seabed Authority will continue trying to balance pressures to accelerate or delay deep-sea mining activities in areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction.
Autorité internationale des fonds marins, 2ᵉ Partie de la 31ᵉ session
L’Autorité internationale des fonds marins poursuivra ses efforts pour trouver un équilibre entre les pressions pour accélérer ou au contraire retarder les activités d’exploitation minière en eaux profondes dans les zones situées au-delà des limites de la juridiction nationale.
48th Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol
Delegates focused on financial and technological issues related to the phase-out of ozone depleting substances and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), with emphasis on the funding required for the 2027–2029 replenishment of the Multilateral Fund to ensure effective implementation.
High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF 2026)
Committing to make the final years of the 2030 Agenda count, participants at the HLPF showed the Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals have delivered meaningful progress—though uneven and backsliding in some quarters.
Hamburg Sustainability Conference (HSC 2026)
The highlight of the Hamburg Sustainability Conference was the launch of the South-North Commission on Development, a new independent initiative to explore how international cooperation and multilateral institutions should evolve in an increasingly multipolar world.