Where the field gathers.
20 climate convenings on the calendar, deliberately weighted to the Global South. Generic climate-event listings are saturated; a tropics-and-emerging-markets one is the gap. Dates are point-in-time, so confirm them on each event’s official page before you book.
Upcoming
7Asia 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.
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.
Climate Week NYC
20–27 Sep 2026 · New York, USA · Climate Group
The world’s largest climate event, running alongside the UN General Assembly with 1,000+ affiliated sessions across the city.
North America Climate Summit (NACS)
22–23 Sep 2026 · New York, USA · IETA
IETA’s North American carbon-market summit, held during Climate Week NYC.
African Energy Week
12–16 Oct 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa · African Energy Chamber
Africa’s flagship energy investment summit, covering the continent’s power, oil, gas and energy-transition agenda.
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, as the continent moves from readiness to delivery.
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
13London Climate Action Week
20–28 Jun 2026 · London, UK · E3G
Europe’s largest independent climate event, a week of open-access sessions across finance, policy and the just transition.
Africa Energy Forum (aef)
16–19 Jun 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa · EnergyNet
A long-running gathering of African governments, utilities and investors on financing the continent’s energy infrastructure.
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’s flagship forum on climate finance, carbon markets and the policy that mobilises capital.
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.
Asia-Pacific Climate Week
21–25 Apr 2026 · Yeosu, Republic of Korea · UNFCCC
The UNFCCC regional climate week for Asia and the Pacific, building momentum on adaptation and mitigation toward COP.
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
The world’s largest African mining investment event, increasingly central to the critical-minerals and energy-transition debate.
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.