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A Morning Business Briefing is planned in front of the connected IUCN-Japan Committee and Earth Day Everyday booths in the Green Zone. Planned speakers include IUCN-Japan Committee Chair Doke and Hattori of PwC Consulting, the administrator of this guide. To attend on the 27th, choose a flight that leaves time for the airport transfer or depart on the 28th.
Organiser plan. Public-attendee registration is live; final booth allocation and official Green Zone programme listing remain pending.Business for Nature is a practical contact for business guidance and engagement opportunities, but not a conference-badge application route. The 15 September operational nomination and registration deadline has passed. If submitted, confirm status with the nominating body.
The host site confirms it as the principal venue for negotiations, high-level and ministerial meetings, draft decisions, progress review and the major parallel meetings. An approved government, Observer, expert or Media badge is required.
Public and free. The online Public attendee form and its review step were live when checked on 18 September. It is separate from the exhibitor, session, cultural, media and sponsor forms.
An Observer is an admitted non-Party State, UN body or organisation represented by officially nominated participants, without a vote. Access to open meetings may be limited under CBD rules.
Intended for leaders and international-organisation representatives. Standard COP17 registration is not stated to provide access. Theme: “Leaders for Nature”.
Date is confirmed. Seating, invitation and general-badge observation arrangements are not published.
A Blue Zone badge is not stated to guarantee a seat or speaking role. Observation arrangements are also pending.
CBD has published the dates and Blue Zone classification. Individual times, rooms, capacity and any additional registration remain pending. Stakeholder pages also use Business Day / Finance Day.
Hosting and attending are different. CBD now lists 298 events with times and rooms. Recheck each official detail because the programme can change.
Public admission is free. Exhibitor, session and cultural applications closed 15 Sep; the sponsor link remains on the official hub, and media closes 1 Oct. This does not grant Blue Zone access.
Public attendance and role applications use separate forms. The sponsor application link remains on the official hub. Green Zone media closes 1 October, with final confirmation due by 15 October.
Major official sessions are expected on UN Web TV. Viewing is not formal remote participation or speaking. Combine streaming with public or external programmes.
The 31 August and 15 September windows have ended. If submitted, confirm status through the nominating or accreditation contact. Party credentials under Notification 2026-069 are a separate government procedure; outstanding Parties should send scans early and bring originals.
Business & finance focus23 · 25 · 26 · 27 Oct
High-level / closure27–28 → 30 Oct
“Formal timetable pending” means item-level daily allocation is not published.
Official airport→city bus period 1 begins (15–20 Oct)
A second airport→city bus period is planned for 24–27 Oct; times and stops will update.Theme: “Leaders for Nature”
Intended for leaders and international-organisation representatives; access details will follow through diplomatic channels.BCH and risk-assessment workshop day 1 · Global Youth Summit day 1 · Yerevan Conservation Symposium
These are pre-opening programmes. The Global Youth Summit is an off-site 17–18 October programme whose details and access route remain pending. The BCH workshop requires CP-MOP12 accreditation and pre-registration by 1 September.BCH workshop day 2 · Global Youth Summit day 2 · FPWC symposium day 2
The Global Youth Summit is off-site. The three formal meetings open at 10:00 the next day; check each programme’s access separately.Green Zone opens (to 30 Oct) · Action Zone: international NGOs & faith · Expo R1
Blue Zone requires registration. Green Zone is a separate public venue and its online Public attendee form is live.Action Zone: IPLC · Technology Expo R1
Wait for the CBD daily schedule before assigning formal items.Action Zone: women + IPLC · Technology Expo R1 final
Do not guess agenda-item dates.Action Zone: local government · Technology Expo R2
Prepare for TNFD Hive at 08:30 on 23 Oct. The official airport-to-city bus does not run on the 22nd; ask the Welcome Desk (15–29 Oct), then use a taxi, Yandex Go or GG.Action Zone: business + finance + youth · formal talks · Expo R2
TNFD Hive has published eleven sessions near Republic Square, outside the Blue Zone. CBD accreditation is not required; individual expressions of interest need organiser confirmation. Allow travel time when dividing coverage with the Action Zone.Cities Summit · Science Forum · GBF: invasive species and water
TNFD, cities, science, nature and culture and the GBF Pavilion make this the busiest overlap. Keep Blue Zone and the separate TNFD venue access routes distinct.Science Forum · Nature and Culture field trip · ABS in Action · GBF: Target 3 + transformation
These are the current CBD parent-list labels. Their relationship to earlier Business and Biodiversity Forum / Business Day titles awaits the final programme; time, room and registration remain pending.GBF Pavilion: mountain ecosystems · Technology Expo R3
CBD's current parent list says Finance Day. Its relationship to the earlier Finance and Biodiversity Day title, final time, room and registration remain to be confirmed.GBF: faster NBSAP delivery + education · Expo R3 final
This is a possible departure day in the five-night business pattern. If following Gender Forum or High-level, check the morning briefing and official programme against your flight.GBF Pavilion: agriculture + food · Technology Expo R4
Even an evening flight may conflict. Hold a room through the night of 28 Oct if attending.Action Zone and GBF Pavilion · Expo R4
GBF Restoration times conflict: the parent page lists 09:00–18:00, while the detail page lists 08:30–20:00. Confirm the final programme. This remains a working day for final-text and closure itineraries.Technology Expo final · city→airport buses begin (to 1 Nov)
Closure time depends on negotiations; avoid an early same-day flight.Official city→airport bus period
Provides buffer for delayed adoption and late closure.19–30 Oct through Plenary, WG1, WG2 and Contact Groups as needed.
Not published: item-level day, time, room and chair’s proposalFor Blue Zone registrants. R1 19–21; R2 22–24; R3 25–27; R4 28–30.
Selected-exhibitor notification posted; verify the official annex before relying on namesCBD now lists 298 events with dates, times and rooms. Attendance requires COP17 registration and details can change.
This guide’s 24 picks are independent editorial selections, not CBD endorsementsThe free Public attendee form is live. Exhibitor, session and cultural applications closed 15 Sep; the sponsor link remains on the official hub, and media closes 1 Oct.
Public attendance and role applications use separate forms · daily programme still pendingAll are listed among the major Blue Zone meetings. Dates are published; times, rooms and individual registration routes await follow-up announcements.
24 October is in the Blue Zone; 25 October is a field trip whose venue and access remain pending.
The detail-page title is Ninth Summit for Subnational Governments & Cities.
The detail-page title is Seventh Science-Policy Forum for Biodiversity & Tenth International Conference on Sustainability Science; the individual programme is pending.
The official gender and biodiversity date; the participation route is pending.
The earlier host briefing remains useful. Similar names are not treated as the same programme without an organiser confirmation.
A different title from Nature and Culture Summit 2026; date and audience remain pending.
Not yet confirmed as the same event as the Science Forum; date and programme remain pending.
Not yet confirmed as the same event as the 27 Oct Gender Forum; date and access remain pending.
CBD now dates the related Capacity-Building and Development Forum on 17 Oct; time, room and individual access remain pending.
A COP17 badge is required. Daily themes are published; individual sessions, speakers and capacity will update.
19 international NGOs & faith 20 IPLC 21 women + IPLC 22 local government 23 business + finance + youth
The published Auditorium allocation covers 19–23 Oct. Check the official page for updates to the wider Action Zone through 29 Oct.24 invasive species and water 25 30x30 + Transformational Change 26 mountains 27 NBSAP + education 28 agriculture + food 29 restoration
An implementation and partnership forum, not an intergovernmental adoption body. For 29 Oct Restoration, the parent lists 09:00–18:00 and the detail page 08:30–20:00. The previous 24 Oct evening Ocean slot is not currently listed; neither change is a confirmed cancellation.Register interest with TNFD and confirm Blue Zone access separately. Interest does not guarantee a seat or badge.
Hold a cancellable hotel for the selected scene. Business standard: 22–27 Oct; leaders/ministers: 26–31 Oct; opening/early talks: 17–23 Oct.
Re-run a flight search for the selected arrival and departure. Business baseline: leave Japan 21 Oct and Yerevan 27 Oct; choose whether to add one day before or after.