Finance for Biodiversity at COP17
United Nations CBD COP17: Taking Action for Nature
Yerevan, Armenia | 19 – 30 October 2026
The seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP17) will be a key moment for tracking progress and assessing the implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). COP17 will hold the first Global Review of Collective Progress against the GBF, including on its Resource Mobilisation Strategy. It will also operationalise the UN Cali Fund.
Attended by +20,000 delegates from 196 countries, COP17 will bring together governments, observer organisations, indigenous communities, businesses, youth groups, civil society, academia, and the general public.
Mobilising the finance sector at COP17 is essential to drive stronger implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework. With our continuous engagement with the CBD, we encourage Parties to raise ambition, while fostering the enabling environment needed to align financial flows with global biodiversity goals.
COP17 Policy Agenda
COP17 is a critical occasion to assess progress on GBF implementation and to advance the Conventions’ decisions towards achieving the 2030 targets:
- First Global Review of Collective Progress against the Global Biodiversity Framework of countries, including on the Resource Mobilisation Strategy
- Operationalisation of the UN Cali Fund
COP17 official programme
The official agenda for COP17 is still being finalised by the CBD Secretariat. These are the current key dates:
- 16-17 October: Leader’s Forum
- 19 October: Start of COP17
- 25 October: Business Day
- 26 October: Finance Day
- 27-28 October: High-Level Segment
- 30 October: End of COP17
Our involvement in UN CBD Processes
The Finance for Biodiversity (FfB) Foundation plays an active role in supporting the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) processes, particularly in advancing finance sector mobilisation at COP17.
Key areas of engagement:
- Official role at COP17: The FfB Foundation is an accredited observer to the CBD and a lead partner on finance sector mobilisation at COP17.
- Finance Day Leadership: We are part of the Finance Day Steering Group for the third consecutive COP, helping shape the agenda and drive impactful participation.
- UN Cali Fund Steering Committee: As an observer to the UN Cali Fund Steering Committee for civil society, we will be directly involved in the negotiations.
- Global Biodiversity Framework Review: With our Public Policy Advocacy working group, we contribute in processes related to the GBF review, including its Resource Mobilisation Strategy.
- High-Level Engagement: We aim to organise our recurring event for Finance CEOs and Ministers (as we did at COP15 and COP 16).
- Previous Roles: FfB was a member of the former UN CBD Advisory Committee on Resource Mobilisation at COP16.
FfB COP17 Delegation
A delegation of 40 representatives from financial institutions, including AXA Group, Federated Hermes Limited, and Storebrand Asset Management, will represent the Finance for Biodiversity (FfB) Foundation at COP17 in Yerevan, Armenia, from 19 to 30 October 2026.
FfB Key Policy Asks
01
Accelerate implementation of the GBF, with actionable, finance-oriented priorities
- Encourage the supervision of nature-related financial risks
- Improve business and finance nature-related disclosure
- Build the real-economy transition along nature positive sectoral pathways
- Create economic incentives and address implementation barriers for scaling private finance
02
Strengthen the systematic assessment of the alignment of financial flows
03
Operationalise the UN Cali Fund
Together, with government efforts to ensure legal certainty and benefits to potential contributors.
Our public policy resources
Recommendations for Guiding Financial System Transformation
The paper presents an overview of the Finance for Biodiversity (FfB) Foundation’s feedback on the draft ‘Global Report of Collective Progress’ (Global Report), developed as part of the Global Review under the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)
Impact Report 2025: Policy Summary
An overview of the findings and lessons from the wider FfB Foundation Impact Report 2025, the results in the policy context — connecting them directly to the FfB Foundation’s policy paper.
Aligning Financial Flows with the Global Biodiversity Framework
Paper outlining recommendations and actions for governments to implement the GBF, focusing on nature-related disclosures, transition planning, actions from central banks and supervisors, and the creation of economic incentives for the nature-positive transition of the economy.
Events Programme
FfB Foundation will lead and contribute to a wide range of events across COP17. Below, are some of the programme highlights.
In collaboration with FAIRR
The Finance for Biodiversity Foundation is partnering with FAIRR to create a dedicated Finance Area for the financial sector to engage, collaborate and accelerate action on nature and implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework. More information coming soon.
Supported by FfB members
The FfB Foundation is grateful for the dedicated support of its members AXA, Federated Hermes Limited, and Storebrand AM, which is enabling our participation and our efforts to mobilise the Finance sector to the UN CBD COP17.
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