Meetings and Events

The CBD Secretariat has hosted a number of meetings involving business and related stakeholder groups to help build capacity, raise awareness and assist in mainstreaming of biodiversity considerations. Since 2011 the Secretariat has hosted annual meetings which have evolved from being meetings of the Global Partnership for Business and Biodiversity into the CBD Business Forums taking place on the side of COP meetings.

2018 COP 14 Business and Biodiversity Forum The 2018 COP 14 Business and Biodiversity Forum will take place prior to COP in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt on the 14-15 November, 2018.	2017 Global Partnership Meeting This page provides information, on the 7th meeting of the Global Partneship for Business and Biodiversity which took place in Paris, France 23-24 November, 2017.
Previous CBD Meetings for Business and Biodiversity These pages provide documents and reports pertaining to previously convened CBD Global Business Meetings.	Other Events This page gives information on other business and biodiversity events being convened around the world by partner organizations.