The Kunming Dialogue will facilitate an informal dialogue among Parties, Indigenous Peoples and local communities, women, youth, and other stakeholders to collect inputs to the global review of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

Event 7 September 2026 - 9 September 2026

17th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNCCD (COP 17)

Negotiators at UNCCD COP 17 are considering a wide array of decisions on enhancing efforts to address desertification, land degradation and drought.

Conference of the Parties (COP) 17 August 2026 - 28 August 2026

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.

Event 27 July 2026 - 12 August 2026

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.

Event 7 July 2026 - 15 July 2026