Current rates of biodiversity loss are unprecedented in human history and threaten the delivery of key ecosystem services that underpin human health such as clean water and access to nature.

The 17th United Nations Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP17), hosted in Yerevan, Armenia, in October 2026, will provide an opportunity to review collective progress towards the implementation of the Kumning-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework for the first time. 

Our Imperial academic community will be attending COP17 to share our collective expertise and understand more about the ways in which science can influence policy. 

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