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Countries to review first progress report on 2022’s historic global biodiversity targets and negotiate recommendations for COP 17

MON // 27.7.2026

On 27 July 2026, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity began two weeks of deliberations to consider key findings of the first global assessment of progress against the 23 targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) and to identify ways to accelerate implementation.

The assessment is part of a wide-ranging agenda in Nairobi focused on scientific, technical, and implementation matters leading to recommendations for the 2026 UN Biodiversity Conference, including the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 17) and meetings of the Nagoya and Cartagena Protocols (MOPs 6 and 12, respectively), taking place in Yerevan, Armenia, in October.

Halfway through the implementation of the KMGBF targets, unanimously agreed in 2022 for achievement by 2030, Parties will consider a comprehensive draft progress report to provide evidence for the Global Review taking place at COP 17. The report on the Framework’s implementation progress, known as the “State of Biodiversity Action”, shows that while the Framework has generated record global engagement for nature, current efforts are not yet enough to reach the 23 targets by the 2030 deadline.

Parties in Nairobi are considering the report’s key findings as they negotiate recommendations for COP 17. The final version of the report for COP 17 will be made public after the Nairobi meetings.

The negotiations are taking place through two of the Convention’s Subsidiary Bodies: one on Scientific, Technical, and Technological Advice (SBSTTA), and the other on Implementation of the Convention (SBI). Together, these meetings lay the groundwork for COP17, reviewing the evidence, identifying implementation challenges, and developing recommendations that will shape negotiations and decisions in Yerevan.