24/08/2026
Parties to the Convention, indigenous peoples and local communities, youth, women's groups, academia, and other participants representing the private sector will soon gather for the Kunming dialogue , taking place on 7–9 September 2026 (with regional consultations on 6 September) in Kunming, China.
The dialogue will set the stage for a major milestone: the first global review of collective progress in the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework ( ), which is scheduled to take place at COP 17 in Yerevan, Armenia (19-30 October 2026).
The objective is to forge a collective understanding of the scope and expected outcomes of the global review, including how the gaps uncovered by the peer-reviewed global report can be bridged in order to accelerate action for the implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework.
Learn more: https://www.cbd.int/conferences/kunming-2026