{"id":21516,"date":"2026-04-20T19:39:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T19:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/?p=21516"},"modified":"2026-09-16T18:35:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T18:35:44","slug":"apply-for-a-badge-to-attend-cop17-as-an-observer-via-esa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/2026\/04\/20\/apply-for-a-badge-to-attend-cop17-as-an-observer-via-esa\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply for a Badge to Attend COP17 as an Observer via ESA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"195\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2026\/04\/COP-17-Logo-unveiled.jpg\" alt=\"COP17 Yerevan, Armenia. Taking action for nature\" class=\"wp-image-21517 img-fluid\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2026\/04\/COP-17-Logo-unveiled.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2026\/04\/COP-17-Logo-unveiled-300x59.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2026\/04\/COP-17-Logo-unveiled-768x150.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-background-color has-primary-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Sep. 16, 2026 update: This expression-of-interest period has closed. ESA is no longer accepting names for COP17 observer badges.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ESA is accepting expressions of interest from members to receive an ESA \u201cobserver status\u201d badge to attend the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sdg.iisd.org\/events\/2026-un-biodiversity-conference-cbd-cop-17\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/armenia.un.org\/en\/289877-conference-parties-convention-biological-diversity-cop17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity<\/a><\/strong> (COP17), which will take place Oct. 19\u201330, 2026, in Yerevan, Armenia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbd.int\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cbd.int\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Learn more about the Convention on Biological Diversity<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ESA may be able to issue a limited number of \u201cobserver status\u201d badges to ESA members. Those receiving a badge would not be formally representing ESA. This summer, the UN will inform ESA about the number of observer badges it will provide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members would be responsible for all associated travel costs and expenses to attend COP17 if offered an ESA badge. Additionally, those selected to receive a badge would be required to meet all vaccine and other requirements set by the COP17 organizers and the host country and to submit any information that organizers request to register recipients, such as passport information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-background-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><s>Please complete this form to express your interest in receiving an ESA badge.<\/s><\/strong> (closed as of Sep. 16, 2026)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sep. 16, 2026 update: This expression-of-interest period has closed. ESA is no longer accepting names for COP17 observer badges. ESA is accepting expressions of interest from members to receive an ESA \u201cobserver status\u201d 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\u201330, 2026, in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":21522,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ecology-in-policy","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21516"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21845,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21516\/revisions\/21845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}