First published 10/10/2026, 7:12:15 AM UTC · Last updated 10/10/2026, 7:12:15 AM UTC

Singh to brief media on COP17

South Africa’s Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Narend Singh, is scheduled to brief media on South Africa’s COP17 participation and negotiating priorities on 12 October. COP17 is scheduled for 19–30 October 2026 in Yerevan, Armenia, and will conduct the first global review of progress on the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

Illustrative image: 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP17), Durban, South Africa. From left to right: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, President of South Africa Jacob Zuma, President of the Conference Maite Nkoana-Mashabane and UNFCC Deputy Executive Secretary Richard Kinley — UNclimatechange from Bonn, Germany/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

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The briefing will present South Africa’s position on a conference that includes the first global review of progress under the biodiversity framework.

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Categories: environment-and-climate, politics-and-governance, geopolitics-and-conflicts

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