The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) – COP17

The Convention on Biological Diversity 

The seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP17) will take place in Yerevan, Armenia, from 19-30 October 2026. With just four years remaining to achieve the goals and targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, COP17 is a critical opportunity to accelerate implementation and address gaps in progress.

COP17 ZSL recommendations for the negotiations

In our recommendations, ZSL calls for:

• A strong political response to the first Global Review of Collective Progress
• Greater cooperation across biodiversity, climate and land agendas
• Meaningful progress on biodiversity finance and resource mobilisation
• Strong outcomes for species recovery, protected areas and the conservation workforce
• Adoption of the Global Plan of Action on Education for Biodiversity
• Enhanced action on biodiversity and health through One Health approaches
• Improved monitoring, reporting and accountability mechanisms to support implementation through to 2030

Our position statement

Our position statement sets out ZSL's recommendations for key agenda items under negotiation at COP17, alongside detailed suggestions for decision text designed to support ambitious implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework.

Read our position statement and text recommendations

Meet the team

Over the course of COP17, colleagues from across ZSL's policy, conservation, science, and sustainable business and finance teams will be contributing to discussions and events across the COP. Meet the team below and explore where you can hear ZSL experts speaking throughout COP17. If you are in Yerevan, visit us at the UK Biodiversity Alliance booth with Natural History Museum and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.