Events
Find climate convenings with a Global South focus. Check the organiser’s page for current dates and attendance details.
Upcoming
4Climate Week NYC
20–27 Sep 2026 · New York, USA · Climate Group
A week of climate events across New York, held in coordination with the UN General Assembly and drawing over 100,000 attendees each year.
African Energy Week
12–16 Oct 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa · African Energy Chamber
A Cape Town platform for energy policy dialogue, dealmaking and investment across Africa, covering oil, gas, power, renewables and critical minerals.
Carbon Markets Africa Summit
13–15 Oct 2026 · Kigali, Rwanda · VUKA Group with Rwanda, UNDP and AfDB
A continental platform convening governments, developers, investors and buyers to advance high-integrity carbon markets across Africa.
COP31 · UN Climate Change Conference
9–20 Nov 2026 · Antalya, Türkiye · UNFCCC
The 31st UN climate conference, hosted in Antalya with Australia presiding over negotiations. The year’s central global moment.
Earlier in 2026
17North America Climate Summit (NACS)
22–23 Sep 2026 · New York, USA · IETA
IETA’s North American carbon-market summit, held during Climate Week NYC.
UN Climate Week 4 (Baku)
7–11 Sep 2026 · Baku, Azerbaijan · UNFCCC
The second UNFCCC Climate Week of 2026, combining mandated UNFCCC meetings with policy and implementation dialogues ahead of COP31 in Antalya.
UNCCD COP17
17–28 Aug 2026 · Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia · UNCCD
The 17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, themed "Restoring Land, Restoring Hope," addressing desertification, land degradation and drought.
Asia Climate Summit (ACS)
7–9 Jul 2026 · Hong Kong · IETA
IETA’s flagship Asian carbon-market and climate-policy forum, in Hong Kong for the first time.
London Climate Action Week
20–28 Jun 2026 · London, UK · E3G
One of the world’s largest independent climate-change events, founded in 2019: a week of sessions across London.
Africa Energy Forum (aef)
16–19 Jun 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa · EnergyNet
EnergyNet’s long-running gathering of ministers, regulators, developers and investors on delivering energy infrastructure across Africa.
Latin America Climate Summit (LACS)
2–4 Jun 2026 · Monterrey, Mexico · IETA
IETA’s regional summit on carbon markets and climate finance across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Innovate4Climate (I4C)
20–22 May 2026 · Singapore · World Bank
The World Bank Group's annual event on carbon pricing and carbon markets, held in Singapore in 2026 alongside Ecosperity Week and centred on a marketplace linking governments, investors and solution providers.
IETA Tokyo Carbon Market Dialogue
14 May 2026 · Tokyo, Japan · IETA
A one-day IETA dialogue on Japan’s GX-ETS and its role in Asian carbon-market integration.
GLF Africa 2026
6–7 May 2026 · Nairobi, Kenya · Global Landscapes Forum (CIFOR-ICRAF)
A Global Landscapes Forum event on stewarding rangelands, convening researchers, pastoralists and policymakers on sustainable land management across Africa, held at the CIFOR-ICRAF campus and streamed online.
UN Climate Week 3 (Yeosu)
21–25 Apr 2026 · Yeosu, Republic of Korea · UNFCCC
The first of the two UNFCCC Climate Weeks of 2026, bringing Parties and non-Party stakeholders together to turn decisions from the negotiations into action on the ground and build momentum toward COP31.
European Climate Summit (ECS)
14–16 Apr 2026 · Barcelona, Spain · IETA
IETA’s European carbon-market summit at Casa Llotja de Mar, on next-generation carbon pricing.
LAC Forum on Sustainable Development
13–16 Apr 2026 · Santiago, Chile · UN ECLAC
The ninth meeting of the regional forum monitoring the 2030 Agenda across Latin America and the Caribbean, covering climate resilience, energy transition and sustainable-development finance.
South Africa Carbon Market Forum (9th)
24–25 Mar 2026 · Midrand, South Africa · IETA
IETA’s annual forum on the development of South Africa’s carbon market and tax, a bellwether for African carbon policy.
Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development
24–27 Feb 2026 · Bangkok, Thailand · UN ESCAP
The ESCAP intergovernmental forum reviewing regional progress on the 2030 Agenda, including climate-linked goals on clean energy, water and sustainable cities, feeding the global high-level review.
Investing in African Mining Indaba
9–12 Feb 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa · Mining Indaba
Africa’s largest mining investment event, drawing more than 12,000 delegates to Cape Town each February.
IETA MENA Carbon Market Dialogue
15 Jan 2026 · Abu Dhabi, UAE · IETA
A one-day IETA dialogue on carbon-market development across the Middle East and North Africa, held in Abu Dhabi as an affiliate event of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week.