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Explore the 23-target guideYEREVAN · 19–30 OCTOBER 2026 · INDEPENDENT GLOBAL GUIDE
Understand COP17. Choose how you will take part.
Separate formal negotiations, public programmes and business delivery, then choose a useful next step whether you attend in person, follow online or remain undecided.
What happens at COP17?
Governments conduct the first global review across 23 targets and negotiate delivery, finance and rules. Public, business and finance programmes run alongside the formal meetings.
Connect practice and people
Find policy, business, finance, city and civil-society examples and potential partners.
Decide the next move
Turn decisions and dialogue into investment, operations, disclosure and partnerships.
Official information rechecked on 18 September 2026
Participation routes, subsidiary-body recommendations, COP17 pre-session papers and business/finance programmes were rechecked. Keep audience and document stage distinct.
Green Zone public-attendee form remains live
Public admission is free. Exhibitor, session and cultural applications closed on 15 September; the sponsor application link remains on the official hub, and media closes 1 October. Green Zone registration does not confer Blue Zone access.
Applies to · Visitors, organisers, exhibitors, sponsors and media
Source: CBD · SBI recommendations and pre-session documents recheckedLast verified:Nine SBI recommendations and new pre-session papers posted
SBI Recommendations 7/1–7/3 and 7/5–7/10 are posted. Bracketed COP17 options remain in the global-review and financial-mechanism texts. Official records now total 10 for COP17, 13 for CP-MOP12 and seven for NP-MOP6; none is an adopted COP17 or MOP decision.
Applies to · Policy, business, finance, biotechnology, cities and Target 3 teams
Source: CBD · 298 Side Events checkedLast verified:298 official Side Events are posted
CBD now lists 298 Side Events with times and rooms. Attendance requires COP17 registration and details can change. This guide’s 24 picks are independent editorial selections, not CBD endorsements.
Applies to · COP17 registrants and business, finance, policy and implementation teams
Source: Green Zone · registration status checkedLast verified:See additional verified updates
· CBD · SBI recommendationsNine SBI recommendations confirmed: 7/1–7/3 and 7/5–7/10 (no separate 7/4 is listed) · CBD · official Side Events298 official Side Events are posted with times and rooms · CBD · COP17 / Protocol documentsOfficial pre-session records now total 10 for COP17, 13 for CP-MOP12 and seven for NP-MOP6 · Finance for Biodiversity · COP17FAIRR Finance Area, three supporting institutions and themes spanning disclosure, transition plans, supervision and incentive reform · ICLEI · Cities Summit24 October 09:00–16:00 programme and registration route confirmed on organiser pages · CBD · SBI recommendationsFive SBI recommendations confirmed: 7/2, 7/5, 7/6, 7/7 and 7/8 · CBD · COP17 documentsNine pre-session records, adding resource mobilisation, the GEF report and Cali Fund allocation · CBD · CP-MOP12 documentsEleven pre-session records including monitoring, BCH, LMO detection, socioeconomic issues and modern biotechnology · CBD · NP-MOP6 documentsSix pre-session records, adding monitoring and reporting · CBD · 2026-066Target 3 protected-area and OECM updates are due to WDPCA by 30 November · CBD · 2026-065Five English online webinars alongside the Kunming Dialogue on 7–8 September · CBD · Kunming DialogueKunming Dialogue opening press conference on 7 September · CBD · Nairobi outcomesNairobi subsidiary-body meetings closed · CBD · 2026-064State of Nature metrics peer review · CBD · 2026-063CHM knowledge-fair deadline extended · CBD · 2026-061IPLC participation-support selections published · CBD · SBI-7 L documentsSBI-7 closure and L documents (Recommendation 7/7 listed above)
OFFICIAL GREEN ZONE REGISTRATION · CHECKED 18 SEP 2026
Green Zone public-attendee registration is live.
The public form is live. Exhibitor, session and culture calls are closed; the sponsor link remains posted, and media closes 1 October.
Build 23–27 October around your objective.
CBD has published dates for the major parallel meetings. The densest business and finance overlap is 24–26 October; adding the Action Zone on the 23rd and Gender Forum on the 27th creates a stronger decision-making window.
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Blue Zone programmes require a COP17 registration badge. Dates are published by CBD; some final times, rooms, capacity limits and event-specific registration arrangements are still pending.
CBD date + organiser announcement
Business, finance and youth take the Action Zone
The official Action Zone Auditorium allocation is in the Blue Zone. It overlaps the first day of the off-site TNFD Hive. Use the published TNFD session times and allow for travel when splitting coverage.
CBD-published dates
Cities, science, nature and culture converge
Nature and Culture Summit, Cities Summit and Science Forum overlap. The GBF Pavilion covers invasive alien species in the morning, water in the afternoon; the previous evening ocean slot is not currently listed and needs final-programme confirmation. This is also the organiser-announced second TNFD day.
CBD-published date
The anchor day for the Business Forum
CBD's current parent list shows the Business Forum, Science Forum, Nature and Culture Summit field trip and ABS in Action. Its relationship to the earlier Business and Biodiversity Forum / Business Day labels awaits the final programme.
CBD-published date
Track finance and project pipelines on Finance Day
A day to track resource mobilisation across finance, policy and business. Mountain ecosystems occupy the GBF Pavilion all day. Final times, rooms and any event-specific registration remain pending.
CBD-published date
Connect the Gender Forum to faster delivery
Gender Forum takes place, and CBD/COP/17/5 plans a finance–environment ministers dialogue as part of the High-level Segment. The GBF Pavilion covers faster NBSAP implementation in the morning and education in the afternoon; final times and rooms remain pending.
24 OCT · 09:00–16:00Published Cities Summit programme
Opening, messages of support and group photo
Connecting agendas and mainstreaming nature
Financing solutions and delivering impact
Celebrating action and closing
Times follow ICLEI’s programme; recheck speakers, final room and registration terms before travel.Official ICLEI programme ↗ICLEI registration ↗OFFICIAL LISTSee every major Blue Zone meeting
2026 Biodiversity Capacity-Building and Development Forum
Biosafety Clearing-House and Risk Assessment Training Workshop
2026 Biodiversity Technology and Innovation Expo
CHM Knowledge Fair · virtual / poster exhibition
Action Zone
Nature and Culture Summit 2026 · 24 Blue Zone / 25 Field Trip
Ninth Summit for Subnational Governments & Cities
Science Forum
Global Biodiversity Framework Pavilion
Business Forum
Showcasing Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) in Action
Finance Day
2026 Gender Forum
Names follow CBD's display rechecked on 18 September: Business Forum, Finance Day, Science Forum and ABS in Action. Their relationship to longer titles on earlier detail or organiser pages will be rechecked against the final programme. Some times, rooms and registration arrangements remain unpublished.Blue Zone Side Events also have published dates and rooms. The list checked on 2026-09-20 contains 298 events. Start times and durations vary. COP17 registration is required.CBD official Side Events page ↗24–29 OCTGBF Pavilion · theme timetable
09:00–13:00 Invasive Alien Species · 14:00–18:00 Water & Biodiversity
09:00–18:00 Target 3 (30x30) · 18:30–20:00 Transformational Change
09:00–18:00 Mountain Ecosystems
09:00–13:00 Accelerating NBSAP Implementation · 14:00–18:00 Education
09:00–18:00 Agriculture & Food
Restoration · parent: 09:00–18:00 / detail: 08:30–20:00 · confirm final times
Official GBF Pavilion page ↗SEPARATE ACCESSDo not confuse Blue Zone and off-site access
Action Zone (19–29 October) and the other listed Blue Zone meetings are for registered COP17 participants.
The Global Youth Summit for Biodiversity is listed by CBD for 17–18 October. Its detailed programme and participation route are not yet published.
TNFD Hive runs on 23–24 October near Republic Square, outside the Blue Zone. CBD accreditation is not required; individual sessions require an expression of interest and organiser confirmation.
The Public Green Zone is open and free, and its online Public attendee form is live. Green Zone registration does not confer Blue Zone access.
Action Zone ↗Host Green Zone overview ↗TNFD COP17 Programme ↗