Climate Policy Calendar: 8 Major Global Environment Talks You Can’t Miss
Track the Climate Policy Calendar: 8 Major Global Environment Negotiations Coming Up This Month and see which talks may shift climate progress, finance, and global cooperation.
February 2026 is packed with policy rooms that can shape the rest of the climate year. The action is not just one COP-style summit. It is spread across plastics, biodiversity, pollution science, implementation finance, and adaptation support for least developed countries. Also, the new High Seas Treaty has just entered into force, so ocean governance pressure is now much higher across parallel talks.
The 8 Negotiations to Watch Right Now
- ISP-CWP P1 (Chemicals, Waste, Pollution panel), Geneva, 2–6 Feb: first plenary to set rules, bureau, and work programme.
- IPBES-12, Manchester, 3–8 Feb: governments are handling the big business-and-biodiversity assessment.
- INC-5.3 (Plastics Treaty), Geneva, 7 Feb: one-day resumed session focused on leadership and process reset.
- CBD expert meeting on wildlife management guidance, Bonn, 9–11 Feb.
- CBD resource mobilization workshop, Rome, 10–13 Feb: finance architecture is a central tension point.
- CBD SBI-6, Rome, 16–19 Feb: implementation checks for biodiversity commitments and delivery gaps.
- UNEP CPR Subcommittee meeting, 24 Feb: important governance signal before bigger UNEA tracks later.
- UNFCCC LEG-49, Nouakchott, 24–27 Feb: adaptation support planning for LDCs under 2026–2027 workstream.
Quick Signal for This Week
For live negotiation texture, this official update thread is useful: Earth Negotiations Bulletin on X.
FAQs
1) Which meeting can restart plastics momentum fastest?
INC-5.3 is procedural now, but choosing a chair can unlock fuller treaty bargaining later this year.
2) Are biodiversity and climate finance linked this month?
Yes, CBD resource-mobilization workstreams explicitly examine biodiversity finance, debt links, and climate-related funding pathways globally.
3) Which forum is the most technical this month?
The chemicals-waste panel plenary is highly technical, covering procedures, work programs, and conflict-of-interest rules overall.
4) Why should companies track IPBES-12 outcomes closely?
Because its business-biodiversity assessment can shape disclosure norms, supply-chain risk screens, and investor expectations worldwide.
5) What is the easiest way to follow daily updates?
Use UN event pages, live webcasts, and Earth Negotiations Bulletin daily reports for verified updates.
