COP17

The United Nations (UN) Convention on Biological Diversity, also known as the 'CBD', meets every 2 years at a Conference of Parties (COP) to discuss goals and review progress of the convention. You can read all about the convention and COPs on our What is the CBD? page.

Intro to COP17

CBD COP17 aims to conduct the first global review of collective progress on the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF) and accelerate actions to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030.

CBD COP17 will take place from 19-30 October 2026, in Yerevan, Armenia, under the slogan “Taking action for nature”.

The conference will see delegates from the 196 parties to the convention and members of civil society, businesses & more (including youth) come together to review progress.

The Global Review

The review looks at how parties (countries) are currently doing in achieving the goals and targets of the global biodiversity framework. This was informed by 'seventh national reports', which you can read more about in our Youth action to Global traction report.

The review shows that currently there is a slow rate of progress in achieving the 23 goals, with progress differing across targets.

The graphic on the left shows current achievement for each target.

The circles represent different aspects of achievement:

1 = how the target is covered in national targets

2 = parties self-assessment on progress to the national target

3 = assessment of progress based on indicators.

4 = data availability in national reports

Colours represent overall achievement on a scale of red-orange-yellow-green from least to better.

You can read more about the findings of the global review here: https://www.cbd.int/globalreview

Youth Engagement at COP17:

As the official coordination platform for youth at the CBD, GYBN plays a large role. From intervening in negotiations and providing text suggestions (find the GYBN policy suggestions here), to showcasing youth voices and upskilling global youth - we do lots at COP!

GYBN UK are meeting with organisations, ministers and working with the UK delegation to ensure that our voices and the voices of youth from around the world are heard and included in the conversations.

Alongside this, we are involved in many side-events.

Find the GYBN UK team at:

20th Oct - Equity, Accountability, and Collective Action: Youth Priorities for KMGBF Implementation to 2030
22nd Oct - Youth Implimentation of the Rio Conventions
23rd Oct - Implementing T22: a fire side chat with GYBN UK, JNCC, and Scotland's Cabinet Secretary for Climate and Rural Affairs on meaningful youth participation in decision-making and governance
25th Oct - Youth Statement at Target 3 Action Day
26th Oct - Youth priorites for nature: Workshop
27th Oct - From Global Goals to National Law: UK Approaches to Delivering Biodiversity Targets
27th Oct - Youth Roundtable at the National Museum of Armenia
28th Oct - From Global Ambition to Local Action: Sharing stories and ideas of how young people and local communities are delivering the KM-GBF on the ground
28th Oct - Youth as actions for biodiversity and implementers of the CBD
29th Oct - Building Bridges for Nature: Youth Cooperation Across Armenia, the UK, and the United States
29th Oct - WildLIVE with The Wildlife Trust

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