Updated Environment Key dates in 2026
Taken from the excellent newsletter Environment: What’s Up in GENeva | 5 – 11 January 2026 which you can subscribe to here.
16 – 19 February | 6th Meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Implementation | Rome, Italy
9– 15 February | 62nd Munich Security Conference | Munich, Germany
9 – 20 March | 31st Session of the International Seabed Authority Assembly and Council (Part I) | ISA31 | Kingston, Jamaica
23 March to 2 April | Third session of the Preparatory Commission (PrepCom III) for the entry into force of the Agreement under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction | BBNJ PrepCom III | New York, United States of America
23 – 29 March | 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals | CMS COP15 | Campo Grande, Brazil
24 – 27 March | 64th session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | IPCC-64 | Bangkok, Thailand
24 – 25 March | 43rd Meeting of UN-Water | Rome, Italy
26 – 29 March | 14th WTO Ministerial Conference | MC14 | Youndé, Cameroon
13-18 April | World Bank Group/IMF, Washington
22 – 24 April | 4th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement | Santiago, Chile
28 – 29 April | First International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels | Santa Marta, Colombia
30 May – 6 June | 71st Meeting of the GEF Council and 8th GEF Assembly | Samarkand, Uzbekistan
8 – 18 June | 64th Sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies | Bonn, Germany
14-16 June | G7 Heads of State, Evian-les-Bains
22-23 June | UK Illicit Finance Summit, London
6 – 15 July | High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2026 | HLPF 2026 | New York, United States
13 – 17 July | 48th meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer | OEWG-48 | Bangkok, Thailand
13 – 31 July | 31st Session of the International Seabed Authority Assembly and Council (Part II) | ISA31 | Kingston, Jamaica
17 – 28 August | 17th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification | UNCCD COP 17 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
TBC September | UNFCCC Pre COP Pacific Islands
8 – 22 September | 81st Session of the UN General Assembly, Opening and General Debate | UNGA 81 | New York, United States
14 – 18 September | 22nd Meeting of the Chemical Review Committee (Rotterdam Convention) | CRC-22 | Rome, Italy
21 – 25 September | 22nd Meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (Stockholm Convention) | POPRC-22 | Rome, Italy
28 September – 3 October | 70th Meeting of the International Whaling Commission | IWC70 | Hobart, Australia
11-13 October | World Health Summit, Berlin
12-18 October | World Bank Group/IMF, Bangkok
19 – 30 October | 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP17) | Yerevan, Armenia
9 – 20 November | UN Climate Change Conference COP31 | Antalya, Türkiye
2 – 4 December | 2026 UN Water Conference | United Arab Emirates
14-15 December | G20 Heads of State, Miami