From COP17 to COP31: Learnings from the Biodiversity Global Review for the Climate Global Stocktake and Vice Versa

Event Type
COP17 Side Event

Location / Date
Yerevan, Armenia, 26.10.2026

Organizer

IDOS and IDDRI

As the Convention on Biological Diversity concludes its first Global Review at COP17, the UNFCCC is starting the information and data collection phase of its second Global Stocktake (GST-2) at COP31. Both processes assess collective progress toward global goals, yet have developed largely in parallel. This session brought together researchers and practitioners from across the conventions to exchange early lessons between the two review cycles: how inclusive both processes have been, how technical findings were translated into political outcomes, how equity and means of implementation were addressed, and what each process can learn from the other.

Moderator

  • Niklas Wagner, Post-Doctoral Researcher on Global Review Mechanisms within the Rio Conventions, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) and University of Geneva

Speakers

  • Juliette Landry, Senior Research Fellow, International Biodiversity Governance, IDDRI.

  • Chris Dragisic, Managing Director, Global Policy, National Audubon Society. Former US Department of State negotiating GST-1

  • Marcel Kok, Programme Leader, International Biodiversity Policy, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and member of ASHTAG.

  • Sivendra Michael, Permanent Secretary for Environment and Climate Change and Chief Negotiator, Fiji, involved in GST-1 and the Global Review. (to be confirmed)

  • Jillian Campbell, Head of Monitoring, Review and Reporting, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

  • Gao Xiang, Professor and Head of International Policy Research, National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation (NCSC), member of the Chinese delegation involved in GST-1 and the Global Review

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