Skip to main content

Public Affairs

Logo of COP17 in Yerevan, Armenia. "Taking action for nature"

Apply for a Badge to Attend COP17 as an Observer via ESA

ESA is accepting expressions of interest from members to receive an ESA “observer status” badge to attend the seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17), which will take place Oct. 19–30, 2026, in Yerevan, Armenia. Learn more about the Convention on Biological Diversity ESA may be able to issue a limited number…

Read More
Underwater image of fish swimming over a coral reef

Public Comment Now Open for The Nature Record Draft Assessment

Explore the Nature Record draft assessment and share your input.

Read More

Call for Experts: Review the Draft United by Nature Assessment

Help NASEM review the United by Nature assessment report.

Read More
COP30 Brasil Amazonia Belém 2025

Voices from COP30: The First Week is Done — What Have We Seen?

By Astrid Caldas The crowds came. The Indigenous peoples staked their claims to representation and rights to land. The connection between biodiversity and climate change is a priority topic in this “Amazon COP”, as are synergies across the three Rio Conventions – which together address the interconnected challenges of climate change, desertification and biodiversity loss. The negative biodiversity impacts of…

Read More