At the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Yerevan, Armenia (19–30 October 2026), governments will make decisions that could fundamentally reshape the international governance of synthetic biology. At the centre of the negotiations is the proposed Thematic Action Plan—a framework intended to guide capacity-building, technology transfer, research, knowledge-sharing, and regulation in this rapidly expanding field.
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At the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Yerevan, Armenia (19–30 October 2026), governments will make decisions that could fundamentally reshape the international governance of synthetic biology. At the centre of the negotiations is the proposed Thematic Action Plan—a framework intended to guide capacity-building, technology transfer, research, knowledge-sharing, and regulation in this rapidly expanding field.
At the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Yerevan, Armenia (19–30 October 2026), governments will make decisions that could fundamentally reshape the international governance of synthetic biology. At the centre of the negotiations is the proposed Thematic Action Plan—a framework intended to guide capacity-building, technology transfer, research, knowledge-sharing, and regulation in this rapidly expanding field.
Mpongwe District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia, 17–18 April 2026
Mpongwe District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia, 17–18 April 2026