The 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will take place 19–30 October 2026.

The meeting will be held in conjunction with the twelfth meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CP-MOP-12) and the sixth meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (NP-MOP-6). COP 17 will mark the first global review of collective progress towards the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF).

Mountain Ecosystems Day will take place on 26 October from 9am to 6pm in the GBF Pavillion at CBD COP17.

For registration, please refer to Notification 2026-041. 

You can stay up-to-date by subscribing to the CBD Secretariat’s COP 17 Round-up Newsletter on LinkedIn .

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