IFPRI is pleased to participate in the 17th UN Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) being held in Yerevan, Armenia from October 19 to October 20, 2026.
The UN Biodiversity Conference 2026 will be held in conjunction with the twelfth meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CP-MOP-12) and the sixth meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (NP-MOP-6). COP 17 will mark the first global review of collective progress towards the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF).
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The Food and Agriculture Pavilion
(Pavilion Partners: CGIAR and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO))
October 21, 2026, 16:00 – 17:00 (Asia/Yerevan) | FAO Pavilion, Blue Zone | Video Livestream
Launch of Special Issue on the Political Economy of Agroecological Transitions
- IFPRI Participants: Ryan Nehring, Research Fellow, IFPRI
October 24, 2026, 12:30 – 13:30 (Asia/Yerevan) | FAO Pavilion, Blue Zone | Video Livestream
Evidence to action: how True Cost Accounting unlocks holistic progress towards biodiversity targets
- IFPRI Participants: Rui Benfica, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI



