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Programme update notes

What business participants should follow at COP17

Published documents, existing decisions and proposals for COP17 have different status. Follow the current official meeting documents for the latest negotiated and adopted text.

Resource mobilization and financial mechanisms

Already agreed or published: The 2025–2030 resource-mobilization strategy and the GBF's finance goals are already agreed.
For consideration at COP17: COP17 will consider implementation, the contributor base and the effectiveness of financial arrangements. The final decision and any new arrangements remain under negotiation.
Business relevance: Track how public and private funding, investment criteria and safeguards may support nature projects.

CBD/COP/17/5 ↗CBD/COP/17/5/Add.1 ↗COP17 item8(a), non-paper version2 ↗CBD COP17 in-session documents ↗

DSI and the Cali Fund

Already agreed or published: COP16 agreed the multilateral benefit-sharing mechanism and the Cali Fund arrangements. Its indicative contribution rates are not a universal tax.
For consideration at COP17: Documents cover contribution rates, entity-size thresholds, allocation and effectiveness. The wording COP17 will adopt is still undecided.
Business relevance: Research, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, breeding, biotechnology and data-service teams should examine their use of DSI and relevant national implementation.

CBD/COP/17/6 ↗CBD/COP/17/6/Add.1 ↗CBD/COP/17/6/Add.3 ↗COP17 item11, non-paper ↗

Target 15: assessment and disclosure

Already agreed or published: The GBF already calls for national measures on business and financial institutions' assessment and disclosure of biodiversity risks, dependencies and impacts.
For consideration at COP17: COP17 drafts address progress, monitoring, mainstreaming and the IPBES business assessment. They do not establish an adopted universal requirement to use a particular disclosure framework.
Business relevance: Connect disclosure information to business, sourcing and financing decisions; check actual obligations in each jurisdiction.

CBD/COP/17/2 ↗

Target 18: harmful incentives and subsidies

Already agreed or published: Identifying harmful incentives and reducing, eliminating or reforming them by at least USD 500 billion per year by 2030 are existing GBF commitments.
For consideration at COP17: Progress review and mainstreaming proposals address implementation. Some proposed text remains bracketed and unagreed.
Business relevance: Review dependence on subsidies and incentives, and possible effects on costs, sourcing and transition plans.

CBD/COP/17/2 ↗

The first global review of GBF progress

Already agreed or published: The final State of Biodiversity Action report is available from CBD, with a concise summary. It provides evidence for the first global review of GBF implementation.
For consideration at COP17: COP17 will consider the report and responses to the implementation gap. Publication of the report does not mean that the response decision is adopted.
Business relevance: Use the evidence to identify gaps between commitments and delivery, then prioritize measurable action.

State of Biodiversity Action · 2026 ↗CBD/COP/17/INF/7 ↗CBD/COP/17/2 ↗

Published updates and upcoming launches

New publications and draft-consultation notices. Scheduled announcements and released materials are distinguished; check each official link for current status.

22 October: ISSB plans to launch its nature-related Practice Statement consultation. The announced consultation end is 19 February 2027; the COP17 webinar starts at 18:00 Yerevan time. IFRS / ISSB ↗
Published on 13 October: Science-Based Targets for Nature 2.0 updates SBTN’s company methods, with broader freshwater and land coverage and new resources for action planning. SBTN ↗
Published on 13 October: TNFD LEAP 2.0 and NPI’s State of Nature Indicators and Metrics strengthen alignment between nature assessment, measurement, target-setting and disclosure. TNFD ↗ · NPI ↗
25 October, 17:00–18:00: announced launch of IAPB Nature Credit Market Standards at the Nature Credit Studio. Check the event's registration requirements. IAPB ↗

Participation

Registration deadline has passed

For the Nature and Culture Summit, the organizer requests an expression of interest by 12 October. The same form is mandatory for either field trip on 25 October. Blue Zone accreditation is needed for the 24 October summit.

Registration and participation information ↗

Summit registration remains available for participants already attending COP17. ICLEI states that it can no longer arrange COP17 accreditation; registering for this summit does not provide a Blue Zone badge.

Registration and participation information ↗

Registration deadline has passed

For participants registered for COP17 or NP-MOP6. Separate workshop registration is requested by 12 October 2026. Places are limited, with priority for advance confirmation. English only. The event page and notification do not publish individual session times.

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Published programmesNegotiations and plenaries 61Blue Zone side events 314Nature Positive Pavilion 106IUCN Pavilion 168GBF Pavilion 25TNFD Hive 16

Programme overview · 16

Business and Biodiversity Forum

2026-10-25 · 09:00–17:30

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Programme update notes

What business participants should follow at COP17

Resource mobilization and financial mechanisms

DSI and the Cali Fund

Target 15: assessment and disclosure

Target 18: harmful incentives and subsidies

The first global review of GBF progress

Published updates and upcoming launches

Participation

Business and Biodiversity Forum

Finance and Biodiversity Day

Invasive Alien Species Day

Water and Biodiversity Day

Target 3 Day

Transformative Change

Mountain Ecosystems Day

Accelerating NBSAP Implementation

Education

Food and Agriculture

Restoration Day

COP17 Yerevan Green Zone

7th Science Policy Forum for Biodiversity and 10th ICSS

7th Science Policy Forum for Biodiversity and 10th ICSS

Women’s Forum

Judges Day

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Pavilions · TNFD Hive

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